Your Leadership Story
Revealing what Shaped You
This learning session is focused on teaching leaders how to create and leverage an executive leadership story. Participants will craft a leadership story that shares highlights of their journey, failures/vulnerabilities, vision, values, and purpose. The primary goal is to develop an adaptable narrative that can be shared to inspire teams and nurture deeper team connections. The session explores the appropriate times and contexts to share ‘the story behind the leader’, including onboarding, during change/uncertainty, launching strategy, realigning culture, celebrating wins, admitting missteps, and more.
Outcomes
Following the session, the team will be able to...
- Identify what stories to tell for a specific audience and specific purpose.
- Create well-constructed and meaningful stories that create an emotional connection with the audience.
- Adapt their leadership story and delivery based on the situation and shifting communication goal.
- Remain open, relaxed, and connected when telling personal stories.
What it could look like
Here is a suggested agenda for this session. It can be customized to align with the team’s specific needs including learning outcomes, session duration, and job scenarios to ensure effectiveness.
Setting the Stage45 minutes |
The session will start with a warm-up and focus exercise, for example: Interview and Introduce through Story The team introduces themselves multiple times using different vocal techniques while observers provide feedback. |
Building the Tool Kit90 minutes |
Next, the team will learn through interactive activities that focus on these specific skills aligned to on-the-job situations.
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Putting into Practice75 minutes |
Then the team will show their work. Leadership Story Pair and Share The team will work in pairs to rehearse their leadership story, followed by sharing it with the full group and receiving coaching from the Alliance@work facilitator. |
Moving Forward15 minutes |
The session ends with time to reflect on what has been learned. Our Implementation Plan The team will identify strategies to apply what they’ve learned to their job-specific goals. |
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