Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 7, 2020

Ralph writes: “From the moment we start school and throughout our careers, we’re being sorted to determine if we belong in the advanced group. She combines humor and storytelling to make simple, but profound points about leading and living well. Watch for these seven types of employees with backdoor power.”

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 17, 2020

Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. Stories are so powerful because they are simple, timeless, demographic-proof, contagious, easy to remember and inspiring. In the book, you'll find over 100 ready-made stories you can use as templates to tell your stories. His advice?

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QAspire

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Through these workshops , I introduced 800+ people to the power of visual thinking for collaboration, problem solving and learning. Enroll today in this immersive workshop to learn about how to leverage the power of visual thinking to collaborate, create, learn and solve. Visual Thinking and Sketchnote Workshop – Jan 2022.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Through these workshops , I introduced 800+ people to the power of visual thinking for collaboration, problem solving and learning. Enroll today in this immersive workshop to learn about how to leverage the power of visual thinking to collaborate, create, learn and solve. Register here.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. Stories are so powerful because they are simple, timeless, demographic-proof, contagious, easy to remember and inspiring. In the book, you'll find over 100 ready-made stories you can use as templates to tell your stories. His advice?

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Books Leadership Storytelling Delegation 50

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. Stories are so powerful because they are simple, timeless, demographic-proof, contagious, easy to remember and inspiring. In the book, you'll find over 100 ready-made stories you can use as templates to tell your stories. His advice?

Books 50

Books Leadership Storytelling Delegation 50

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 11, 2014

Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. Stories are so powerful because they are simple, timeless, demographic-proof, contagious, easy to remember and inspiring. In the book, you''ll find over 100 ready-made stories you can use as templates to tell your stories. His advice?

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 2, 2015

Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. Stories are so powerful because they are simple, timeless, demographic-proof, contagious, easy to remember and inspiring. In the book, you''ll find over 100 ready-made stories you can use as templates to tell your stories. His advice?

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 20, 2013

Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. Stories are so powerful because they are simple, timeless, demographic-proof, contagious, easy to remember and inspiring. In the book, you''ll find over 100 ready-made stories you can use as templates to tell your stories. His advice?

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 29, 2013

Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. Stories are so powerful because they are simple, timeless, demographic-proof, contagious, easy to remember and inspiring. In the book, you''ll find over 100 ready-made stories you can use as templates to tell your stories. His advice?

Books 50

Books Storytelling Delegation Tactics 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

But activating purpose is impossible without storytelling, at both the corporate and individual levels. Storytelling is a skill that leaders can — and should — hone. Before his death, Burt himself was a company spokesperson for years beyond his operational involvement. Only narrative can do that.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 11, 2014

Storytelling is one of the most powerful ways to communicate. Today, he is a volunteer football coach and operator of Classic American Hardwood s, a $40 million lumber company and 2013 inductee into the prestigious Society of Entrepreneurs. Courtney coached the Manassas High School football team in Memphis, TN.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

” Instead of just listing facts, compelling storytellers use both soft and hard data. For example, the original Google car found it hard to compute the context within which it was operating. In 1973, Mark Granovetter and Harrison White published a paper that outlined the strong power of weak ties. Whose will be gored?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2016

Describing your accomplishments in two- to three-line bullet points that start with powerful action verbs and end with quantifiable results. Career Transitions. Leaving a Stable Job to Create Your Dream Career. He used the generous 2000-character summary section to tell the story of his career. You and Your Team Series.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2012

The prevailing feeling is that "we're in the same boat together": success will reflect well on everyone, whereas failure could hurt people's careers. So people initially operate in a positive atmosphere of " swift trust." Although that might feel awkward at first, it's a powerful way to create empathy. Share and rotate power.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

What distinguishes members of one group from another rarely has anything to do with intellect, wealth, social pedigree, career standing, or other like pursuits…It has everything to do with desire. As you pointed out, being a one-trick pony, while better than not reading at all, is not as powerful as purposeful reading across topics.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Sloppy nonsense or stellar storytelling? Analysts are data storytellers. But in more sophisticated data operations, data-driven inspiration gets flagged for proper statistical follow-up. Encourage them to grow to the heights of their chosen career (and not someone else’s). Your data will lie around useless.

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