Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Best… Day (this one can be a lot of fun, and great for storytelling). One fun way to do personal bests is to give your team a list of potential “best ofs” to choose from, and have each team member pick one or two personal bests to share.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

The room filled with cancer, divorce, under-employment, stagnated careers, struggling children, successes, start-ups, deepening relationships, home improvements, recovering health, big accomplishments, and new beginnings. confidence Storytelling Teamwork Vision shared leadership' Each family arrived with their burdens and joy.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 22, 2020

Storytelling is crucial to entrepreneurship, both in terms of attracting new customers but also investors and other backers. The sad reality is that most startups fail, so storytelling plays an equally important role in explaining this failure.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Mark is a business leader, author, and storyteller. He began his Chick-fil-A career over forty years ago as an hourly team member behind the counter of a local restaurant. If you enjoyed this video, you may also enjoy our upcoming webinar with Mark Miller.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 4, 2015

In his book, Paul demonstrates how storytelling is a powerful business tool that can mean the difference between mediocre results and phenomenal success. Since the book was published about three years ago, my admiration for Paul's passion for storytelling and helping to teach people how to effectively tell stories has only but grown.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Finally, he shows how collaboration, innovation, intellectual curiosity, storytelling, and creating change that lasts, helped him reach his goals. Beyond personal enjoyment, though, this lifelong curiosity has served me well in my career. Storytelling. He then links them together with courage. Intellectual Curiosity.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Mark is a business leader, author, and storyteller. He began his Chick-fil-A career over forty years ago as an hourly team member behind the counter of a local restaurant. identify the right capabilities and pacing strategies to transform for future growth.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 10, 2019

This combined with longer careers, rise in independent workers (gig workers) and disruptive changes only means that professionals have to take charge of their own careers and constantly map the changing self with a changing world to stay relevant. Storytelling in Business : Nancy Duarte. Leaders as Multipliers : Liz Wiseman.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 3, 2023

Connect with Randy on Twitter at @RandyConley Wally Bock – Leadership Storytelling “Storytelling is a leadership power tool.” Randy Conley shares how you can make competent and confident decisions in trusting others in, The 4-Point Test to Evaluate a Person’s Trustworthiness.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 19, 2017

At some point in your career journey, have you started to focus more on status as a leader than the job at hand? This one is IMPORTANT: When the time comes for your career to end, and it will one way or the other, your friends and family are the ones who will still be there. Be fair, not frightening.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 6, 2017

I mean, this kid is a storyteller. “Sebastian you are an amazing storyteller. I know he can do better. In fact, he explains some of our concepts better than us. But I also don’t want to be one of THOSE moms creating too much pressure, particularly around speaking. But Seb and I have a deal. We tell one another the truth.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

MAY 15, 2023

Today’s guest post is by Donna Griffit, author of Sticking To My Story: The Alchemy Of Storytelling For Startups (CLICK HERE to get your copy). Keep these three things in mind when preparing your next pitch. Often, though, they miss out on a huge opportunity – how to speak to what investors really listen for.

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2021

In Digital Body Language , Erica Dhawan, a go-to thought leader on collaboration and a passionate communication junkie, combines cutting edge research with engaging storytelling to decode the new signals and cues that have replaced traditional body language across genders, generations, and culture.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 4, 2014

In 2005, she started the seminal blog “ Escape from Cubicle Nation ”, which quickly became, and still is, one of the top career and business blogs on the web (and one of the inspirations for this site). In the last 8 years, she helped hundreds of entrepreneurs to start successful businesses.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 9, 2023

Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. AMA Business Boot Camp -- Management and Leadership Fundamentals That Will See You Successfully Through Your Career. In the book, you'll find over 100 ready-made stories you can use as templates to tell your stories.

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CO2

JULY 12, 2012

Related Posts: Career Move Mindset (Part 1). Don’t get caught up in a lie. Update your résumé and/or bio regularly , so that you know your story well and can communicate it effectively and accurately to others. Three Steps to Discover Your Values (Part 2). Discover Your Strengths (Part 3). Assess Your Leadership Style (Part 4).

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. Based on two decades of research and illustrated through vivid storytelling, Sandra J. Blog Post ). How did you react?

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Shelley Row gives us some tips about how to take control of that storytelling.” Leadership and Storytelling. Julie recaps, “Storytelling — once the stuff of childhood nighttime rituals — has grown up and is quickly becoming a go-to tool in the very adult world of business. Inspiration/Creativity.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 27, 2014

Recognizing that his successful career, nearing its end, had been filled with constant falling into temptation to over-explain, he confided to me that his default mode was to dump on his subordinates and give them lengthy lectures. I just wish I knew this at the beginning of my career.” I was floored by his candor.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Earlier in my career, I often ended up doing other people’s job simply because they delegated their work to me as my seniors. Storytelling in Business : Nancy Duarte. Here’s what they look like: Givers : “What Can I do for you?”. Takers : “What can you do for me?”. Matchers : “I’ll do something for you if you do something for me”.

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Lead from Within

MAY 15, 2023

Be a strategic storyteller: When communicating the company’s strategy, it’s important to tell an inspiring story that communicates the why and how. This is the only way to engage and motivate them. By making it personal, employees will feel invested in the mission and vision and will feel they have a way to make an impact.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

The good news is, there is a shortcut to earning trust – storytelling. Storytelling almost magically builds trust. How he started his career in the military, a little about his family, his hobbies, where he likes to go on vacation, and so on. It suggests that people who don’t know you default to not trusting you.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

Rich has a fascinating backstory – he found his career calling at age 13, when he typed in a two-line program into a Teletype and the computer came back and typed back “HI RICH”.

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HR Digest

APRIL 26, 2023

As technology advances, creative professionals may need to adapt to new tools and methods, but the fundamental skills of creativity and storytelling will remain in demand as one of the jobs of the future. The post The evolving job market: Jobs that will still exist in 2050 appeared first on The HR Digest.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 15, 2023

But it does tend to favor storytelling over planning. The point is simply this—ambition can be vague, but your plans to help your staff grow their careers can’t be. And, as a leader or boss, if you have ambitious staff? Are you ready to put in some more time and effort, even if it’s not a direct promotion?

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Rich Gee Group

MAY 8, 2014

Unfortunately, we tend to focus on the emotional/storytelling side of our brain and let it rule our life and actions. Blog Business Coaching C-Level Career Coaching Tip Life Coaching Media Piece Quotations Social Media Uncategorized Ways & Tips Emotions Marcus Aurelius Meditate Outside Events Power Snap! Strength'

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Chart Your Course

JULY 12, 2016

Statistics are showing that Millennial women are hitting the ground running when they launch their careers in their early 20s, but later find that pace is unsustainable. One group of individuals is burning out quicker than the rest, according to a new Fast Company article. jenlawhead.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 16, 2021

Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. AMA Business Boot Camp -- Management and Leadership Fundamentals That Will See You Successfully Through Your Career. In the book, you'll find over 100 ready-made stories you can use as templates to tell your stories.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. AMA Business Boot Camp -- Management and Leadership Fundamentals That Will See You Successfully Through Your Career. In the book, you'll find over 100 ready-made stories you can use as templates to tell your stories.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 10, 2010

They are missing the vision of finding a job that will provide both career growth and satisfaction. How to Use Sales Techniques to Sell Yourself On Interviews (Career Press), is based upon her own experience and years of community service. Even worse, they interview as a victim, solely focused on themselves. Her new book, Hired! :

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 31, 2017

Particularly in today’s uber-competitive marketplace, it is more critical than ever for leaders to understand their roles as storytellers and dream weavers in order to inspire continued motivation, creativity and growth. Create a clear vision Leaders have the responsibility to be visionaries.

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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. AMA Business Boot Camp -- Management and Leadership Fundamentals That Will See You Successfully Through Your Career. In the book, you'll find over 100 ready-made stories you can use as templates to tell your stories.

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QAspire

AUGUST 5, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Engagement, Leadership and Power of Storytelling Last week, I had a short conversation with one of my colleagues in HR about the all important topic of employee engagement. Megha By Conor Neill , August 6, 2010 @ 12:34 pm Storytelling is a skill - it can be developed with practice.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 10, 2020

To advance your career, hone your ability to effectively communicate ideas and persuade your colleagues that it’s in their best interest to follow your lead. Storytelling for Business is the course offered by Udemy to help. Persuasion – Leaders and hiring managers value individuals who can explain the “why.”

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

” It feels almost like a gift, not just for fans like myself who have followed his career for decades but for a new generation to discover and cherish. It’s a masterful way of connecting the song’s narrative with his own career, engaging fans in a conversation about timing, anticipation, and the act of making a comeback.

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Roundtable Talk

JUNE 10, 2010

← The Golden Rule of Interviewing: Past behaviour predicts future Fast Friday with Joe Chidley, SVP Corporate & Public Affairs, Veritas Communications → Career Shifting: Leaping lanes mid-career. Allow yourself time to reflect and build your personal career vision. Don’t compromise.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 30, 2023

Beyond storytelling you must ensure that all of your corporate systems, structures, and processes align with your purpose. And if you are not necessarily part of a start-up and early in your career, think hard about your own life purpose and use it as a filter to make important life decisions including where you might want to work.

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