Storytelling for Leaders
eBook - ePub

Storytelling for Leaders

Tales of Sorrow and Love

  1. 184 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Storytelling for Leaders

Tales of Sorrow and Love

About this book

Stories matter. Written by renowned psychoanalyst, leadership scholar, and executive coach, Manfred Kets de Vries, this book uncovers, explains, and captures the power and art of storytelling at work and in life, and how it can be applied in organizations to powerful effect.

Our talent in telling stories makes us more effective. When we talk about events, characters, actions, themes, feelings, and ideas, storytelling is a way to communicate our message. The stories we tell inform, influence, entertain, and shape our lives and those of other people. Using an engaging and storytelling style throughout, the book explores the important role of storytelling, with a particular focus on how it is one of the most important ways to develop leadership skills. Not only does this book present a clear method for improving our storytelling skills, it also explores themes such as the tendency of some people not to live up to their full potential, why people assume an attitude of helplessness, the effects of adversity on human development, why people behave stupidly, the psychological dynamics which affect influencers, the role of sexuality in career management, and what needs to be done to have a fulfilling life.

The book is perfect for organizational leaders looking to develop their understanding and skills in the art of storytelling, thereby increasing their effectiveness in positive and powerful ways.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781032815619
eBook ISBN
9781040131510
Edition
1
Subtopic
Consulting

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. About the Author
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 Being a storyteller
  9. 2 The storytelling “cure”
  10. 3 The Scheherazade method
  11. 4 Leaders who tell stories rule the world
  12. 5 Stories that plead for help
  13. 6 The golden larva syndrome
  14. 7 The idiocy of stupidity
  15. 8 Beyond stupidity
  16. 9 Overcoming adversity
  17. 10 The influencers’ world of make-believe
  18. 11 Sleeping your way to the top
  19. 12 I want to have a life
  20. Concluding comments
  21. Epigraph sources
  22. Index