Storytelling And Leadership Practice
Storytelling is the most effective and powerful tool of communication between people and it is an effective means to share one’s tradition & culture. The basic values of people and groups are projected into them with the help of purpose-driven powerful stories. Effective storytelling can successfully address the emotions of people and help them overcome barriers, challenges while riding through the competitive choices of life. From ancient times, stories represent a valuable tool for leaders across the fields of business, politics, defense, sports, society, and religion. The top leaders use stories to motivate and inspire their followers. Storytelling allows leaders to share knowledge, wisdom, explain new ideas, initiate and implement changes, resolve conflicts, and create powerful and impactful visions. Common people use stories to create personal and group identities. But leaders use stories to influence organizational and institutional learning. From the very beginning, a strong link has been established between leadership and storytelling.
Leadership storytelling is a special kind of art & science that is used by recognized and popular leaders from different fields to inspire their team members, followers, and a large group of people. In general, stories are created by individuals, communities, groups, cultures, societies, and nations. They use stories as a medium to preserve myths, fairy tales, legends, history, and culture. A leader use stories to crate sparks among his/her followers. For followers, motivational stories narrated by leaders work as a virtual experience. If the plot and construction of the story are attractive, the audience is drawn into the story quickly and starts living the life of someone else. Nowadays, leadership storytelling plays a vital role in the corporate sector. The top business leaders create and form powerful stories to inspire employees of their organizations and also create stories to engage their prospective clients emotionally.
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