Most leaders are working hard to communicate clearly, build alignment, and lead transformation well. But, there’s a story many leaders aren’t telling…yet.
In this What Do You Know To Be True? conversation, David Hutchens and I explore why storytelling is a seriously underrated leadership skill, and how leadership storytelling helps people make meaning, feel safer to speak up, and stay connected during organizational change. We talk about storytelling for leaders not as performance, but as a more connection-building and sense-making form of leadership communication that builds psychological safety at work and helps teams move through uncertainty together.
And throughout these conversations, it's clear that your ability for storytelling with others and owning the stories you tell yourself has a huge impact on your ability to discover your superpower, to unlock your potential, and to create your impact in the communities you serve.
As the founder of The Storytelling Leader, David has spent decades coaching leaders and teams around the world, and his insight is simple but disruptive: You are already wired for storytelling.
The problem is that most organizations have trained it out of us in favor of data, slides, and certainty.
We talk about how storytelling for leaders creates meaning during uncertainty, aligns teams without force, and activates the emotional intelligence required for real transformation. This isn’t about telling better stories. It’s about telling more human ones.
If you care about culture, transformation, or deepening connections within your organization, this conversation will challenge how you think about storytelling and the role of leadership communication in shaping who we are at work and what we can do together.
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▶️ Unlock the Power of the Stories We Tell Ourselves | With Corinna Calhoun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po5jHztgfQk&list=PLbWfh34FP_dUcAaCrI31z00_fLdphi6b7&index=52
▶️ How To Bring More Creativity Into Your Life | Insights from Pia Mailhot-Leichter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMTkburN_ew&list=PLbWfh34FP_dUcAaCrI31z00_fLdphi6b7&index=3
▶️ These Frameworks Are So Powerful, People and Teams Thrive | Roger Kastner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yv9I11h5ro&list=PLbWfh34FP_dUcAaCrI31z00_fLdphi6b7
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In this episode, David answers the following questions:
➡️ What is the secret to great storytelling?
➡️ What is the role of storytelling in transformative change?
➡️ What do leaders need to become great storytellers?
➡️ What is the impact of storytelling on culture?
My favorite quote from the episode:
➡️ “Stories are the language of taking dismembered systems, remembering them, and making them whole.” David Hutchens
Music in this episode by Ian Kastner.
"What Do You Know To Be True?" is an invitation to be inspired to discover your superpower, unlock your potential, and create your impact in the world.
This podcast is for coaches, org development professionals, small business owners, people leaders, and anyone who is working on their leadership capabilities and personal growth in their pursuit of unlocking and living into their possibilities.
For more information on the show, go to: What Do You Know To Be True?
"What Do You Know To Be True?" is hosted by Roger Kastner, is a production of Three Blue Pens, and is recorded on the ancestral lands of the Duwamish and Suquamish people. To discover the ancestral lands of the indigenous people whose land you may be on, go to: https://native-land.ca/
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#Storytelling #Leadership #Transformation #PsychologicalSafety #Leade
