From the course: Leading with Stories
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The hook
- Some of the most common mistakes I see in storytelling happen right at the beginning, because people just have no idea how to get started telling their story. So before I tell you how to do it, I want to tell you how not to do it. So first, never apologize or ask permission for telling a leadership story. And you've seen this happen before. You'll be in the middle of a meeting and someone says oh I'm sorry to interrupt, but can I just tell a quick story? I promise, it'll just take a minute. Now what do you think that communicates about how important the story is? Well not very important, right? And if it's not that important, then please, don't tell it. Just get back to the bullet points on slide number 72. But if you do think your story's important, then just tell it. Leaders don't ask permission to lead, they just lead. Never apologize or ask permission to tell a leadership story. Okay second. Don't even tell your audience you're going to tell them a story. You know, imagine I'm…
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