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Becoming a Business Storyteller: Mining Your Life for Leadership Stories

2 November 2017

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Your Host

Jean StorliePresident/Owner, Storlietelling LLCMenttium Mentor


“I’m Not a Storyteller”

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Business Storyteller Assessment

I am an effective business storyteller.(Rate yourself with an ‘X’ on a scale of Beginner to Advanced)

Beginner Advanced


Session Objectives

Participants will:• Create treasure chest of story ideas from various facets

of your life

• Explore the deeper meaning(s) in the story ideas

• Link the story ideas to common business situations

Power of Stories to Influence and Motivate

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Emotional Connection

•Character-driven narrative

•Struggle against an obstacle

•Emotional transformation

Zak, P.J. Why Your Brain Loves Good Storytelling, Harvard Business Review, 2014

Good stories change brain chemistry


Character who struggles against an obstacle and experiences an emotional transformation that

leads to a new understanding or truth

What Makes a Good Story?


Narrative Structure

Climax

Set the Stage

Meaning or Lesson

Emotional Transformation

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Personal Storytelling

Establish trust and credibility• Develop professional relationships• Enhance presentations• Coach and lead others

Powerful tool to help you make connections, communicate with more emotion, and influence others.


Business Storytelling

Six Stories• Who I Am

• Why I’m Here

• Inspiring a Vision

• Values in Action

• Teaching/Simplifying

• “You Just Read My Mind”


Buying My First CarSix Stories• Who I Am• Why I’m Here• Inspiring a Vision• Values in Action• Teaching/Simplifying• “You Just Read My Mind”

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Buying My First CarSix Stories• Who I Am• Why I’m Here• Inspiring a Vision• Values in Action• Teaching/Simplifying• “You Just Read My Mind”

Finding Stories


Mining Your Life for Stories

Step 1: Find Your Story Gems

Step 2: Find the Deeper Meaning

Step 3: Link it to Your Work

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Pathways to Personal Story Ideas

• Favorite places evokecomfort & security

• Unfamiliar or scary places build suspense

• Mountains inspireimagination and adventure

• Flunking driver’s test

• Interviewing for your first job

• Leaving for college

• Narrowly escapingfrom disaster

• How you met yourspouse

• Your first car

• Favorite food

• Something you lostor broke

• Cherished gift

• Frivolous purchase

• Teacher you’ll neverforget

• Boss who gave the harsh feedback you needed

• Loyal friend

• Colorful roommate

• Someone you hero-worshipped

People Places Events Objects


What are your stories?


Discover Your Story Treasure Chest

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Voices of Experience

Rosalind McDanielClaim Field Director,Allstate Insurance

Company

Lovetta SpencerVice President,

Commercial Banking,U.S. Bank

Missy ChicreDirector, Product Development and

Consulting Services,Menttium


Discover Your Story Treasure Chest


Visit Me Online

www.storlietelling.com

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Thank you!

“A picture is worth a thousand words.A story is worth a thousand pictures.”

-The Power of Metaphor


Resources

• Zak, P.J. “How Stories Change the Brain,” Greater Good, Berkley University, Dec 17, 2013• Zak, P.J. Why Your Brain Loves Good Storytelling, Harvard Business Review, 2014• Simmons, A. The Story Factor: Inspiration, Influence, and Persuasion Through the Art ofStorytelling (rev. ed.), Basic Books: Cambridge, MA, 2006.• Simmons, A. Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins, AMACOM, New York, NY, 2015.• Macguire, J. The Power of Personal Storytelling: Spinning Tales to Connect with Others,Tarcher/Putnam, New York, 1998• Davis, D. Telling Your Own Stories, August House Publishers: Atlanta, GA, 1993• Dietz, K, Silverman, L.L. Business Storytelling for Dummies, John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, NJ, 2014.• Lefever, L. The Art of Explanation. Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley & Sons, 2013.• Storlie, J. What My Ford Galaxy Taught Me about Mentoring, Storlietelling Blog, October 2,2014, https://www.storlietelling.com/2014/10/02/what-my-ford-galaxy-taught-me-about-mentoring/.• Subscribe to the Storlietelling Newsletter: https://www.storlietelling.com/storlietelling-blog/

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