After a recent keynote coaching sprint for an array of CEOs and thought leaders at our recent RegenAI event, I have come away with a short guide to memorable, transformational, story-driven speeches. 1. Build the Scene. Memory is linked to moments, and your job in creating your tone-setting/credibility-setting story is to hit two or three moments in…
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Extemporaneous means ‘speaking out of time.’ Literally, outside of tempo, calling things from outside of the moment, and speaking to them in a coherent, relevant manner. Being able to step away from the teleprompter and speak to the moment with studied data and insights – especially in times of stress – are essential keys to leadership…
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When I first heard David’s journey, we were sitting in our leadership co-lab and everyone was speaking of the story that was most alive in them – the one that was calling out to be told. David’s story about his newborn baby’s health crisis, and how he and his wife made it through, made everyone…
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I wrote it on my white board the first time I heard this guiding wisdom that Ed gleaned from his father. Because stuckness has a certain ring to it, a tone that can be dulling…and yet, like the winter of our own soul, it’s time to rely on deep roots and go inward. When Ed…
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I stood in the middle of the one-street downtown of Myrtle Creek, Oregon, and thought about Charles Antis, Founder/CEO of Antis Roofing and Waterproofing, and storyteller for good. Charles, who had recently helped lead the fundraising of $14 million for Ronald McDonald House, and has donated roofs for all of the Habitat for Humanity homes…
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A visionary leader faces her own emergent story when a health issue stops her in her tracks.
READ MOREYou never know where your deepest trials may lead. You may even try to forget them, to push away the feeling, to move on and focus on other things. But then they appear again, in stories and in symbols. That’s how it was for Eric at the Legend OC show, when he walked on stage…
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On August 3rd, six leaders stepped on stage to bring their best gifts through story. But the event was not just about the stage – it was to take down the stage, to bring in the audience’s stories and create a connective experience that everyone would remember. From the explosion of comments and posts on…
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Tips from Colin Jost Every once in a while, I’m asked about my favorite storytellers. I usually do a pretty bad job of answering (sorry – um, Steve Jobs? Oprah? Rod Serling?). Just because I don’t usually think in general storytelling, but in specifics…what traits they have that I respect, or study, or work to…
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It’s time to look for a new job. And through the stress of the occasion, you realize something both difficult and simple: you’ve left your real skills and passions off the table for years. And now is a chance to consider what you really do, and what you’ve learned, to reintegrate threads of what you…
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