Posts by Esther Choy
ATI Restoration Celebrates A Year of Acquisitions With Storytelling
Chicago, IL — When storms, fire, or disaster strike, ATI Restoration will now be able to help more families and industry rebuild. The nation’s leading family-operated restoration company has completed its ninth acquisition in 2023, increasing its reach into more than 60 locations across the U.S. To celebrate this milestone, ATI Restoration is publishing a…
Read MoreLeaders, You Already Have This Leadership Soft Skill. Now Use It.
CEO and founder Geoff Peters had introduced himself to new colleagues, partners, clients and team members hundreds of times over his career. He simply listed the many roles he had served in: college president, chairman, founder, CEO. But one afternoon, after doing a get-to-know-you exercise using Crazy Good Questions with his core team, what Geoff…
Read MoreA New Leadership Guide For A Post-Pandemic World, Told In Stories.
Leaders People Love by LinkedIn Top Voice in Corporate Culture Yeo Chuen Chuen is now available for preorder. Published by Penguin Random House SEA, Leaders People Love is a practical guide for leaders who desire to lead with authenticity and relevance in a post-pandemic world. “This book is fantastic for leaders committed to lead at…
Read MoreAsking Power Questions: A Key to Leadership Communication
A critical piece of leadership communication is harnessing the power of crazy-good questions. While teaching in the Major Gifts Solicitation Strategy program at Northwestern University, I made two interesting observations about gift officers and their donors. First, it seemed that most gift officers found it challenging to recruit and maintain major gift donors. The…
Read MoreLeadership Skills: Create Your Own Leadership Story In 3 Steps
How do you usually spend your Saturday mornings? This summer, Saturdays were for lake diving with my family. Not everyone has been as equally excited about jumping into Lake Michigan; one daughter needed lots of persuasion. One morning the four of us decided to hold hands and plunge in together. With only the four…
Read MoreHow To Practice The Leadership Skill of Business Storytelling
In this month’s Forbes article, I shared about how to turn a personal story into a leadership story in three steps. Like learning any new leadership skill, business storytelling takes practice. We need to become familiar with both how and when to tell stories. In our Certified Storytelling Facilitator Training we like to share examples…
Read MoreUnderrated Leadership Skill: Short Film Shows Power of Business Storytelling
Storytelling guru Esther Choy Reveals the Power of Storytelling in Business Communication in new short film from Leadership Story Lab Chicago, IL: “When I realized that in a competitive environment, everything and everyone can become commoditized, what else do you have besides your qualifications? It’s your story,” wonders Esther Choy in the opening scenes of…
Read MoreDo Personal Leadership Stories On LinkedIn Build Your Professional Network?
With 930 million members, LinkedIn has replaced the need for business cards, serving as both a digital resume and online networking platform across all business types and industries. Given the platform’s prevalence and the importance of telling leadership stories, knowing how to best utilize this online tool for sharing stories now appears to be a…
Read MoreStorytelling Is A Must-Have Leadership Skill For The 21st Century
Are all these hurricanes due to climate change? Are we going to be able to limit global warming to the critical threshold of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels? Will the ongoing war in Ukraine find a resolution, or will it escalate, and continue to jeopardize global food and oil supplies? How will the use of AI…
Read MoreCapturing Storytelling Moments: Lake Diving
You may often hear me ask, “How do you usually spend your Saturday mornings?” For me this summer, Saturdays have been for lake diving with my family. Not everyone in my family was equally excited about jumping into cold Lake Michigan. One daughter was a staunch proponent, but the other needed lots of persuasion. So,…
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