Transformational Storytelling for Leadership and Change

• HAND OUTS: Customized hand outs will be distributed. i.e, Key Elements of storytelling, , Poem on Performance Reviews, Resources

WORKSHOP OUTLINE

"AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP THROUGH STORYTELLING"
GOAL: Learn the basics of storytelling for leadership

INTRODUCTION:
Instructor utilizes a narrative to connects to the group's session goal.
DEFINITION: What's a story?
KEY TAKE-AWAYS:

• Understand how to create a story and its key elements (use examples)
• Story Telling for professional /leadership
• How can do chose the right story for your audience?
• How do you determine the needs and desires and your specific listeners
• What's your motivation for telling a story?
• What's an example of things that challenge us as leaders /managers?

TEACH BY USING A STORY:

Key Story elements

HANDS ON:

• Practice structuring a story (ten minutes to write thoughts)

• Short Practice I (fifteen minutes)
• Integrate the feedback and work on your story again (fifteen minutes)
• 2nd Example - Instructor shares her story part II (humor/stand up piece)
• Class member's volunteers to present to the entire class (6 minutes each - maybe three people tops.)
• Class Feedback
• Discussion

HAND OUTS:

Customized hand outs will be distributed. i.e, Key Elements of storytelling, , Poem on Performance Reviews, Resources

Transformational Storytelling can help you:

• Facilitate communication
• Enable decision making
• Promote team building
• Enable culture change
• Inspire, motivate and engage
• Develop staff
• Promote knowledge transfer and management
• Train and teach
• Problem solve