Posts by Esther Choy
Leadership 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,…
Read MoreLearn Leadership Storytelling Strategies With These 3 Podcasts
“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak,” said Greek philosopher Epictetus. When we listen, we learn. Through active listening we can learn new skills, gain new perspectives and a deeper sense of empathy, and even grow our own leadership communication toolkit. So the question…
Read MoreProf. Gina Fong Is The First Woman of Color to Earn “Outstanding Professor of the Year” at Kellogg School of Management
Professor Gina Fong credits leadership storytelling in helping her master the craft of storytelling and increasing her impact on her students. CHICAGO, IL, USA, July 6, 2023/ When Professor Gina Fong started teaching marketing at Kellogg School of Management, she applied her training in ethnographic research to understand the student experience: “Much like visiting a customer…
Read More7 Actionable Tips To Help You Share Your Expertise With A General Audience
Rita is an actuary with years of training in how to assess risk using complex tools and a myriad of data. Recently, she’s been assessing the risk of insuring real estate in low-lying areas that could be more prone to flood-damage as climate change progresses. When she meets with her clients she wants to share…
Read MoreLeadership 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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