Leading With Stories

Stories can make the messages of any leader more memorable, contagious, and enduring. In turn, learning the art of storytelling can make you a better leader. In this short course, author and corporate storytelling coach Paul Smith walks you through the elements of a compelling story. Learn about the common story structures, power of emotion, importance of surprise, appeal of analogies and metaphors, and value of keeping it real.

The Happiness Factor

Many leaders are unaware of the amazing power of questions. Our conversations may be full of requests and demands, but all too often we are not asking for honest and informative answers, and we don’t know how to listen effectively to responses.