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Leadership and storytellingLeadership and storytellingJohn Sadowsky |
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Who I am and what I do
Distinguished Professor : Grenoble Ecole de ManagementDistinguished Professor : Grenoble Ecole de Management
Author of business books (leadership – branding)
Former CEO, current board member
S lf i f l d d b d Self-expression for leaders and brands
Building high-performance teamsBuilding high performance teams
Website: www.johnsadowsky.com
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Leadership and storytelling
1. My journey: What do effective leaders have in common?common?
2. Several myths and realities about leadership
3. The role of storytelling in leadershipy g p
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“Leadership is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena on earth.”least understood phenomena on earth.
J M G B--James McGregor Burns
The leadership “crisis”
How is this possible?How is this possible?
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My journey
What do leaders have in common?
traits
behaviors
characteristics
personalitypersonality
style?y
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Myths of leadership
what I discovered in my quest…
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The hero myth
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The hero myth
Bennis & Nanus, Leaders: the strategies for taking charge
“Our leaders (the 90 highly effective ones they identified and studied) were all ‘too human’;
they were short and tall, articulate and inarticulate, dressed for success and dressed for failure anddressed for success and dressed for failure, and there was virtually nothing in terms of physical appearance, personality or style that set them apart pp , p y y pfrom their followers…
They were certainly not heroes in the traditional sense.”
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The extraordinary experience myth
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The extraordinary experience myth
Noel Tichy, The Leadership engine
"Everyone has a usable past: leaders just useEveryone has a usable past: leaders just use theirs better. Leaders recognize the defining moments in their lives and they communicatemoments in their lives, and they communicate the lessons through words and actions.”
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The “gifted” myth
Leaders are born
Some people are “natural” leadersSome people are natural leaders
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The “gifted” myth
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The “gifted” myth
John Kotter, Leading Change
“The single biggest error in the traditional model is related to its assumptions about the origins of leadership.
Stated simply, the historically dominant concept takes leadership skills as a divine gift of birth a gift granted to aleadership skills as a divine gift of birth, a gift granted to a small number of people.
Although I, too, once believed this, I have found that the traditional idea simply does not fit well with what I have observed in nearly thirty years of studying organizations andobserved in nearly thirty years of studying organizations and the people who run them”
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The “charisma” myth
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The “charisma” myth
Wh d h i f ?Where does charisma come from? (society has it backwards)( y )
C fCharisma comes from passion
Leadership passion leads to charisma, not the other way around
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The “charisma” myth
Porras et al., Success built to last
“All t t d t di Th i li h t i d b“All started out ordinary. Their lives are characterized by a compelling personal commitment to something they truly care about.
They show their passion in different ways that give them charisma regardless of personality They have foundcharisma, regardless of personality. They have found something that truly matters to them, and they rise above the personality baggage that holds most people back.
Some are painfully shy, and some are overpowering... Whatever they are doing has so much meaning to them thatWhatever they are doing has so much meaning to them that the cause itself provides charisma, and they plug into the cause as if plugged into an electrical current.”
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Myths of leadership
Why do these myths persist?y y p
A th i l “ i t”?Are they simply “convenient”?
Are they our excuse for not taking responsibility?not taking responsibility?
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Myths of leadership
Perhaps we focus on the wrong thingsPerhaps we focus on the wrong things
Not styles or behaviors or gifts
Character and authenticity
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Rethinking leadership
What if leadership is not about:hierarchical position or power?
extraordinary experience?extraordinary experience?charisma?
divine gifts? or heroism?or heroism?
Then, what is it about?
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Rethinking leadership
At the most basic level leadershipAt the most basic level, leadership is about influence
And there are many ways toAnd there are many ways to influence your world
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Rethinking leadership
H d l d i fl ?How do leaders influence?
In studying this question for a long time, I came y g q gup with something of a pattern.
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Leadership starts with self-knowledge
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Leadership starts with self-knowledge
Clarity about :
Who I am
What I believe
Why I do what I do
fWhat I stand for
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Leadership is a decision
A decision to take a standA decision to take a stand for something that matters to you
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Leadership is a decision
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Leadership takes courage
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Leadership takes courage
Wh d f ?Where does courage come from?
Leaders take stands about things that truly matter to them
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Leadership and storytelling
Leaders build trust by revealingLeaders build trust by revealing something of themselves
And they reveal themselves in theirAnd…they reveal themselves in their personal stories of identity
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Leaders lead by autobiography
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Leaders lead by autobiography
They engage others with theirThey engage others with their stories of identity
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Short example of a personal story
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Realities of leadership
In generalIn general, why do we follow someone?
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Leaders embody their story
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Learning leadership storytelling
Can we teach and learn these things?
How do we “coach” character and authenticity?
We learn to be ourselves and tell our story!
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Leadership storytelling is a learned skill
It begins with the inner journey to self-It begins with the inner journey to self-knowledge
…and continues with the journey outward to lf iself-expression
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