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Craft your leadership story

Develop a compelling narrative about your leadership journey and vision

Create a personal leadership story that connects your past experiences, current role, and future vision. This narrative helps you communicate authentically with your team and stakeholders.

50 minutes
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Overview

Create a personal leadership story that connects your past experiences, current role, and future vision. This narrative helps you communicate authentically with your team and stakeholders.

Learning objectives

  • Articulate your leadership journey
  • Connect experiences to leadership lessons
  • Create an inspiring vision narrative

Instructions

Develop your leadership story:

1. Identify 3 pivotal moments in your journey 2. Extract key lessons from each experience 3. Connect lessons to current leadership approach 4. Articulate your future leadership vision 5. Craft a 3-minute narrative

Steps

1

Journey mapping

20 minutes

Identify key experiences and moments

2

Lesson extraction

15 minutes

Define what each experience taught you

3

Story crafting

15 minutes

Create your narrative arc

Pro tips

  • Include both successes and failures
  • Make it personal but professional
  • Practice telling it out loud

Example outcome

A polished 3-minute leadership story ready to share in team meetings or interviews

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