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It’s not easy to be a good boss. In a 30 year career I can count three (thanks Walt, Amy and Steve). Stanford business professor, …

Have you ever had that feeling that your executive team is all saying they understand and support the strategy but you sense that they are …

The media and business worlds love experts with strong opinions and the ability to explain them confidently and authoritatively. We hear them on TV and …

Earlier this week Shawn sent me an email. “You must see Steve Jobs: The Lost interview. It’s available on iTunes” (its the movie, not the …

I had a meeting on Friday with a senior leader facing a common problem. There are many changes going on and his people have developed …

Kevin shared this story with me the other day. It’s too good not to retell. > A few years back, there was an ad agency …

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A particular type of story that gets retold in organisations is the story about when ‘power’ was challenged and the result. We collected the following …

I was asked last week about the practical application of things we cover in our Storytelling for Leaders workshop. Fortunately, we had a very recent …

People judge their leaders by how their actions align with their words. And how aligned these two things are then triggers stories that get told, …