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Category : Leadership Storytelling
TALES FROM THE LEADERSHIP FRONT
Mike, a dynamic executive for a consumer-packaged goods company, faced a challenge: how to inspire his team and connect with consumers in an increasingly competitive market. Rather than relying solely on traditional leadership methods, Mike embraced social leadership—using transparency, collaboration, and digital engagement to drive results.
Category : Leadership Storytelling
TALES FROM THE LEADERSHIP FRONT
Ethan, Chief Marketing Officer at a national insurance company, was known for his innovative approach to leadership. Tasked with meeting ambitious financial goals for the year, Ethan leaned into his greatest asset—his diverse and dynamic marketing team.
Category : Leadership Storytelling
TALES FROM THE LEADERSHIP FRONT
Sophia, a manufacturing executive at a leading pharmaceutical company, had a reputation for running one of the most efficient pharmaceutical production lines in the country. But her secret wasn’t a fancy algorithm or cutting-edge automation—it was her ability to observe and understand her team.
Category : Leadership Storytelling
In this Special Edition of our newsletter, we honor Dr. Martin Luther King’s life and legacy. We all recognize him as a great leader and a great orator, but he was also a master storyteller.
Category : Storytelling
TALES FROM THE LEADERSHIP FRONT
In the bustling heart of Manhattan, Emma, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at a global bank, had built her career on precision and performance. But one evening, sitting in her sleek corner office, the weight of the day lingered. A project delay had left her team frustrated, and Emma found herself wondering if she had overlooked something important.
Category : Storytelling
Tyler is a world-renowned producer, director, actor, screenwriter, playwright, author, songwriter, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He learned early on the value of reflecting in his life. After enduring a difficult childhood, he discovered the therapeutic benefits of journaling while watching an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. These painful reflections became the foundation for his first play, “I Know I’ve Been Changed,” which he wrote, produced, directed, starred in and rewrote until the show was opening to packed theaters and rave reviews.
Category : Storytelling
On this day when we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I thought I’d examine his legacy from a different point of view. We all recognize him as a great leader and a great orator, but did you know he was also a master storyteller?
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Category : Analytics General Leadership Storytelling Training
We are very excited to share the news of the rebranding of our new leadership training site – Elite Leadership Academy. In the past, we have operated under the Professional Leadership Academy, but with the expected publication in the next few months of my new book, The Path to Elite Level Leadership, we decided to change the site to match the book.
The new site features new leadership development programs, master classes, a leadership resources library and even a virtual tour of our virtual academy.
As a subscriber, we are inviting you to preview the site and also offering you 25% off any of the training in our ‘Curriculum Catalog‘ with the coupon code ’25offpreview’ until November 30, 2020.
Please take a look at it and let us know what you think about it.
Category : General Leadership Research Storytelling
I encourage you to read this masterful piece from the NY Times by my colleague and Northwestern scholar Kihana Miraya Ross on anti-blackness.
Anti-blackness describes the inability to recognize black humanity. It captures the reality that the kind of violence that saturates black life is not based on any specific thing a black person did. The violence we experience isn’t tied to any particular transgression. It’s gratuitous and unrelenting.
Category : Leadership Storytelling Training
During the Academy Awards ceremony, I noticed a common theme from the presenters and winners, which was the importance of telling a good story. No matter what kind of movie, the best movies have the best stories. The best actors typically come from the best movies.
The difference between telling a story for a movie and telling a story as a leader is that the leader’s story has to have a purpose. The purpose can be: