Week 49 Day 6: How to Tell Stories Without Making It About You

The biggest risk with leadership storytelling is making yourself the hero. The failure story becomes a humble-brag ('I failed, but learned so much that now I am amazing'). The team story becomes a cre...

The biggest risk with leadership storytelling is making yourself the hero. The failure story becomes a humble-brag ('I failed, but learned so much that now I am amazing'). The team story becomes a credit-grab ('let me tell you about this great team that I led'). The audience detects self-serving narratives instantly, and the story loses all its power.