How would you describe your leadership?
If you were given 4 minutes to sum up everything that drives you as a leader, what would you talk about?
What kind of story would you tell?
If you’re among those who’ve had to pivot as a result of layoffs or if you’ve had to lead a team through change, what’s the story you can tell yourself and others that will move you and your team forward?
As we wrap up the year and think about how we want to spend our time in 2024 and achieve our intentions (for more on intentions vs resolutions, check out episode 8 of Narativ Inc podcast LEADERSHIP STORY TALKS) for the year ahead, it’s time to ponder your why, your vision, and how you want to manifest your values so that others understand you, and are inspired to take action.
That’s where storytelling comes in, and I’m so excited to announce our 2024 workshop offering, “Leading With Story”, a workshop that focuses on bringing to life the values that drive you in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world (it doesn’t look like it will let up in 2024!).
Think of this workshop as a way to prepare yourself for the year and create a powerful statement about who you are and why you do what you do.
I’ll be leading the four, 60-minute sessions in February with Jerome Deroy, on Zoom, giving you plenty of access to resources and individual attention, at an affordable price.
For more on the workshop and to sign up while the early bird price is still up and learn how you can benefit from it, check out our latest blog post in the link below:
https://narativ.com/leadership/leadership-workshop-leading-with-story/
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Julienne B. Ryan began her professional career at age five when she did TV commercials and learned important things like “the teamsters always eat first,” her social security number and how to endorse checks for bank deposit.
Ryan studied psychology in college because she wanted to understand humans. She conducted her “field work” in a variety of roles, hearing the phrases “merger synergies, reorganizations, downsizing and rightsizing for change” more times than she cares to mention.
Later she enrolled in an Ivy League graduate school where she paid oodles of money to validate her prior on-the-job learning experiences. However, she did learn to name drop up-to-date theories and trendy psychologists with alarming ease.
Ryan evolved into working in “Talent Management,” a fancy way of saying “try to find people and keep them moderately happy.” With inadequate budgets and staff allocations, she had to find creative ways to encourage her staff to work effectively. These ranged from begging and borrowing resources, improvising childcare, telling stories and even giving snacks as rewards. She tried to convince herself that working a bazillion hours and “multi-tasking” equaled achievement.
Her work took place in cubicles, conference rooms or, with luck, in offices with a door. Occasionally she would make the time to emerge from her allotted real estate to really talk to people. Ryan learned something transformative in the process:
Yes, she was effective. But not because she used fancy theories – or gave great snacks. Ryan’s success, her staff believed, was a result of her uncanny knack for weaving storytelling with humor to motivate and encourage them. Crucially, they encouraged Ryan to de-emphasize “that normal HR stuff” and focus on bringing her unique storytelling skills to a broader stage.
Thanks to them, Ryan continues to collect, connect and tell stories in her work helping people find their “true selves in the world of work.
She is the author of the humorous, all true "The Learned It In Queens Communications Playbook - Winning Against Distraction!".that now includes a workbook and is available at booksellers across the globe..
She is a guest contributor to The Procurement Foundry, LifeBlood, and the global storytelling community.
Certifications include
Accumatch (BI) Behavior Intelligence
Narativ Applied Storytelling Methodologies
Collective Brains – Mentorship Methodologies
