Welcome to Star Power, where the stage meets the spotlight! Hosted by Broadway star, best selling author and entrepreneur James Barbour, this podcast is your all-access pass to the world of entertainment, business, inspiration, and personal growth. Building on the success of his previous shows, "James Barbour Now" and "The Star Power Hour," James brings his signature charisma, insightful conversations, and star-studded guest list to a new platform.
What can a flock of Canadian geese teach us about leadership?
In this episode of Star Power, James Barbour sits down with leadership expert, author, and former technology executive Merv Jersak to explore the difference between managing tasks and leading people.
After decades leading multi-million-dollar projects across North America, Merv discovered a lesson that changed everything: people are not cogs in a machine. Through personal stories, hard-earned mistakes, and practical leadership insights, he shares how emotional intelligence, communication, trust, and empathy can dramatically improve performance, culture, and results.
You'll hear:
• The leadership mistake that changed Merv's career
• Why emotional intelligence matters more than most leaders realize
• What Canadian geese can teach us about building stronger teams
• The difference between management and leadership
• How communication breaks down—and how to fix it
• Why great leaders create more leaders
Whether you're an entrepreneur, executive, manager, coach, or simply someone who wants to have a greater impact on the people around you, this conversation is packed with wisdom you can apply immediately.
3 Jun 2026
Redneckonomics: Unconventional Success, Unfiltered Truth — with Aaron Chapman
Aaron Chapman went from cattle, mining, welding, and long-haul trucking to becoming one of the top 1% of mortgage loan originators in America — closing over 100 transactions a month in a field of 300,000 licensed professionals. He did it without a cheat code, without shortcuts, and without pretending the road wasn't hard. His book Redneckonomics: Unconventional Success by Takin' the Beatin' Path (foreword by NYT bestselling author Robert G. Allen) is the raw, unfiltered guide he wishes someone had handed him along the way.
In this conversation, James Barbour and Aaron Chapman dig into what presence, resilience, and voice actually look like when they're forged in the real world — not in a seminar room. Aaron shares the hard-won lessons behind his unconventional rise, why most people already have what it takes but keep running from it, and what it really means to get what you earn.
This one hits different. You've been warned.
31 Mar 2026
The Weight of Your Words
There comes a moment when you begin to hear yourself differently.
Not the sound of your voice — the meaning beneath it.
In this reflective episode, James Barbour explores the quiet realization that the words we repeat most often are rarely accidental. They reveal what has settled inside us: what we believe, what we fear, and the stories we may still be rehearsing without realizing it.
This is a meditation on language, identity, and the subtle way repetition shapes the way we experience ourselves and our lives.
Because over time, the words we use stop sounding like language.
They start sounding like identity.
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