228: Practical Storytelling That Isn’t Awkward, with David Hutchens

Coaching for Leaders

Dave Stachowiak

Education, Business, Management, Self-improvement, Careers

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2016

⏱️ 45 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

David Hutchens: Circle of the 9 Muses If you’ve found telling stories awkward in leadership, David Hutchens shows us how to leverage practical storytelling for results. Quotes The most important part of the work [of storytelling] is all the stuff that happens after a story is told. When you tell a story, that’s not the end of a conversation, it’s the beginning. —David Hutchens Instead of me saying, “Hey, this story is important,” I always ask the audience why it’s important, and let them make a case for it. And they always do. —David Hutchens When a group starts having meaning-making conversations together, they’re surprised at the feeling of connection that it creates. —David Hutchens You can stumble and stutter your way through the story, but if it’s the right story, and if it’s connected to the work that matters to us, then it can be transformational. —David Hutchens Resources Mentioned GO Team program* Leadership Story Deck* by David Hutchens Circle of the 9 Muses: A Storytelling Field Guide for Innovators and Meaning Makers* by David Hutchens David’s email: [email protected] Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You've heard that leaders should be storytellers, but how do you be a decent storyteller without being weird about it?
0:07.5	Today practical storytelling that isn't awkward.
0:11.5	This is coaching for leaders, episode 228.
0:15.8	Produced by Innovate Learning,
0:18.2	Maximizing Human Potential.
0:33.1	on. and I'm your host, Dave Stoviac. Leaders aren't born, they're made,
0:35.5	and this weekly show will give you access
0:38.1	to the best thinkers, resources, and actions to help you develop your leadership skills.
0:44.8	And I am so glad to have you back with me or perhaps with me for the first time
0:49.8	because today a real practical conversation for you around a topic that for many of us is one of those
0:58.1	topics that we know is important we've heard about before we don't necessarily know how to get started with it.
1:05.0	And that is the topic of storytelling.
1:07.0	And if you have been a leader in any capacity or ever been to a leadership course or training or heard someone talk about leadership or even
1:14.5	read any leadership book, you've probably heard the term storytelling mentioned at least once and
1:19.8	that leaders should be storytellers and leaders need to be effective at
1:24.1	utilizing story and yet the path on how to do that often isn't very clear for many of
1:31.2	us and that is why I'm really thrilled to welcome back to the
1:34.6	show David Hutchins David was a first back on coaching for leaders back on episode
1:40.2	148 a little over a year ago.
1:43.8	And on that episode, we talked about the four stories
1:46.7	leaders need for influence.
1:48.2	And when I did my end of the year review in 2014
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dave Stachowiak, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dave Stachowiak and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.