Women are powerful but not very often in power. In Germany we have a woman as a successful chancellor, in a few other countries in the world there are women in the highest office of the country. Is it by chance that there are so few? And that some of them are not seen as “good women” because they are harsh and seemingly uncaring like the “iron Lady” Margaret Thatcher.

Is this the type power which makes a woman powerful? The direct power over others and the development of the world seem to be a highly desired position of men – we see a new example in the 45th president of the United States. For women “power” is often expressed in a different way. Traditionally it was the power of seduction and manipulation of men. As more evolved women, today we are looking for ways to contribute to the world with our innate “feminine power” which enables us to act in the world in an holistic way. We can use our gifts for caring and for creating and curating relationships in order to create new ways of leadership and “power”.

Our guest Dr.Barbara Meibom has created COMMUNIO – the Institute for the Art of Leadership. She has been pioneering ways of communication which create relationship and mutual appreciation which allows the emergence of powerful solutions to problems.

In our conversation, we want to ask Barbara how she sees the evolution of the present power structures and how “feminine power” can become an integrated part of leadership at all levels of human life, in the interior and in the exterior world.

Prof. Dr. Barbara von Meibom has been teaching Political and Communication Science at the Univ. Duisburg Essen in Germany. She is founder of Communio–Institute for the Art of Leadership in Berlin with Senior Coaching and trainings in Spiritual Coaching, Self Awareness, Mindfulness and Spiritual Self-Management. “Dem Leben dienen – to serve life” is her commitment. Extensive studies in India led her to a synthesis of eastern and western spiritual traditions. She is a spiritual teacher and spiritual coach, teaching internationally. Barbara v. Meibom has published more than a dozen books and gives talks in Germany and abroad. At the 2016 IEC Conference in Hungary she was part of the hosting team and – together with Bence Ganti and Peter Kémeny – she led the European Constellation
She had the same role at the German Integral Conference in June 2017 in Berlin 

Barbara v. Meibom was born into a family, were women always took a leading role in their stand for women rights. For herself it was clear that she did not want to limit herself to this agenda. So she started a “masculine” career with “masculine” topics until she got to understand that she had chosen a dead end for her personal development. This led her to a profound reorientation in her personal and professional life.

 Looking back now to more than 40 years of her professional career the topic of Women and Power and Female Wisdom is of genuine importance for her. So the talk might relate to the following issues: Reshaping the notion of power; empowerment of women; letting go the victim role; development of a feminine consciousness which is more than prelingual and capable to differentiate and express itself verbally; bringing the female principle into the political, social and personal agenda. Barbara v. Meibom works on a 1:1 basis on these topics as well as with groups and with further trainings.