Leading with Stories
39mIntermediate2019-05-16
Authors

Paul A. Smith
One of world's leading experts in business storytelling
Course details
Storytelling is essential to good leadership. When delivered correctly, a good story can help you articulate a vision, lead change, inspire creativity and innovation, and get employees to work together more collaboratively than you could ever do without a good story. In this course, best-selling author and storytelling expert Paul Smith digs into the essential elements of a great narrative, explaining how to craft and deliver compelling leadership stories that inspire and motivate employees. Paul explains the right story structure, how to create emotional engagement, and even how to create a surprise ending that ensures your story will be remembered and acted upon. This course will make you a better storyteller, and a better leader.
Skills covered
CommunicationLeadership SkillsLimited SeriesProfessional DevelopmentLeadership and Management
Concepts
Introduction
- Addressing leadership with story
Leadership and Storytelling
- What a leadership story is and is not
- Why storytelling works
- When to tell leadership stories
Finding Great Leadership Stories
- What makes a great story a great story
- Choose the right story to tell
Story Structure
- Story structures
- The hook
- The context
- Challenge, conflict, and resolution
- Lesson and action
Story Elements
- Create an emotional connection
- Surprise
Conclusion
- Next steps