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Becoming a Business Storyteller: Mining Your Life for Leadership Stories

6 December 2018

© 2018 Storlietelling. All Rights Reserved. Confidential.

Your Host

Jean StorliePresident/Owner, Storlietelling LLCMenttium Mentor

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“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

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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

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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

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

leads to a new understanding or truth

What Makes a Good Story?

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Narrative Structure

Climax

Resolution

Risin

g Ten

sion

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.

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Business Storytelling

Six 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”

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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”

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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 evoke comfort & security

• Unfamiliar or scary places build suspense

• Mountains inspire imagination and adventure

• Flunking driver’s test

• Interviewing for your first job

• Leaving for college

• Narrowly escaping from disaster

• How you met your spouse

• Your first car

• Favorite food

• Something you lost or broke

• Cherished gift

• Frivolous purchase

• Teacher you’ll never forget

• Boss who gave the harsh feedback you needed

• Loyal friend

• Colorful roommate

• Someone you hero-worshipped

People Places Events Objects

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What are your stories?

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Discover Your Story Treasure ChestStep 1

Find the Story GemsStep 2

Find the Deeper MeaningStep 3

Link It to Mentoring

Mentoring

“What My Ford Galaxy Taught Me about Mentoring”

Someone who made a difference in my life

Let the mentee leadGuide rather than directRespect boundaries

Leadership Lessons & Values

Career Journey

“I’m Not a Storyteller” Everyone can be an effective storyteller

Find your authentic voice and tell meaningful stories about your work & life

Heroes

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Voices of Experience

Michelle WieserInterim Dean,

School of BusinessSt. Catherine University

Tom SchlickAuthor, Consultant, Executive

Coach & Adjunct Professor CO2 Partners, Schlick &

Associates LLC and Hamline University

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Discover Your Story Treasure ChestStep 1

Find the Story GemsStep 2

Find the Deeper MeaningStep 3

Link It to Mentoring

Mentoring

“What My Ford Galaxy Taught Me about Mentoring”

Someone who made a difference in my life

Let the mentee leadGuide rather than directRespect boundaries

Leadership Lessons & Values

Career Journey

“I’m Not a Storyteller” Everyone can be an effective storyteller

Find your authentic voice and tell meaningful stories about your work & life

Heroes

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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

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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 of Storytelling (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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