Leadership Communication Tools for Analytical Leaders

I recently wrote an article for The Actuary about leadership communication for actuaries (and other professionals) who are experts in rational thinking. These analytical leaders need to practice empathy for their clients when presenting data. With finite memory for numbers and a propensity for emotion- and intuition-based thinking, most of their clients need help wading…

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Leadership Storytelling Example: Trivial Told Brilliantly

“Given the choice between trivial material brilliantly told versus profound material badly told, an audience will always choose the trivial told brilliantly.” – Robert McKee. Eating bagels, playing baseball, or commuting to work. While they are common, everyday occurrences, when told brilliantly these experiences can make for powerful, relatable stories. Gina Fong, for example, started…

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LinkedIn Networking: How To Write A Cold Outreach Email

Networking has been described as “getting to rub elbows with people who like to geek out about the same things you do.” As accurate (and as fun) as that sounds, growing our network virtually often lacks this joy. Most people are repulsed by cold outreach — both the act of doing the outreach and receiving…

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The Secret To Building Effective, Happy, Healthy Corporate Culture

Today’s leaders not only have to make strategic business decisions, they are given the behemoth responsibility of building and cultivating corporate culture. In a recent PwC Global Culture survey, its importance was shocking. They found culture was understood to be the key indicator of an organization’s performance and adaptability: “66% of C-suite executives and board…

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ChatGPT-4 Will Replace Leadership Storytelling — Except For This

When OpenAI released its most current version of ChatGPT-4 on March 14, 2023, one thing was abundantly clear. A whole new world of possibility is opening up and simultaneously closing doors. There will be no more need for a whole cottage industry of people (like me) helping clients craft their leadership stories, when a mere…

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Why ChatGPT Is Nothing To Worry About — At Least Not Yet

On Forbes, I just published an article about how ChatGPT has the possibility of changing the leadership storytelling industry. It’s power to create first drafts appears unstoppable, but here are a few samples of why we don’t have so much to worry about, yet. When asked: “Write a leadership story I can use in a…

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