Telling the Story – The Heart and Soul of Successful Leadership

Acknowledgments xiii
<p>Foreword xv</p>
<p>Introduction: Turning the Page 1</p>
<p>Narrative Leadership 2</p>
<p>Once Upon a Time 4</p>
<p>Why We Need New Stories 5</p>
<p>About This Book 8</p>
<p>Water on the Rock 10</p>
<p>SECTION ONE: FOUNDATIONS 13</p>
<p>Chapter 1: Why Stories Matter 15</p>
<p>Swimming in a Sea of Stories 15</p>
<p>Imagining Ourselves 18</p>
<p>Imagining Each Other 19</p>
<p>Imagining the World 21</p>
<p>Changing the Story 26</p>
<p>Bonus: Life of Pi 27</p>
<p>Summary 28</p>
<p>Chapter 2: Rethinking Leadership 31</p>
<p>Making Common Sense 33</p>
<p>Case Study: The Force Review 38</p>
<p>Conclusions 40</p>
<p>Bonus: Erin Brockovich 42</p>
<p>Summary 43</p>
<p>SECTION TWO: ON STORIES 45</p>
<p>Chapter 3: Stories in Our Bones 47</p>
<p>Logos: The Science of Storytelling 49</p>
<p>Mythos: The Story of Storytelling 53</p>
<p>Bonus: Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner 60</p>
<p>Summary 61</p>
<p>Chapter 4: The World of Stories 63</p>
<p>Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy 63</p>
<p>Finding the Plot 71</p>
<p>Bonus: Big Fish 74</p>
<p>Summary 74</p>
<p>Chapter 5: How Stories Work 77</p>
<p>Information, Argument, and Story 82</p>
<p>Bonus: An Inconvenient Truth 87</p>
<p>Summary 89</p>
<p>SECTION THREE: NARRATIVE LEADERSHIP 91</p>
<p>Chapter 6: The Art of Narrative Leadership 93</p>
<p>Vinoba Bhave 98</p>
<p>Developing Our Capacity to Lead 105</p>
<p>Bonus: Alchemy in Action 109</p>
<p>Summary 110</p>
<p>Chapter 7: Know Thyself 113</p>
<p>The Storied Self 114</p>
<p>Being and Doing 117</p>
<p>Bonus: Groundhog Day 127</p>
<p>Summary 128</p>
<p>Chapter 8: Only Connect 131</p>
<p>Creating Communicative Spaces 132</p>
<p>Listening to the Story 138</p>
<p>Conversation Matters 139</p>
<p>Whose Stories Count? 141</p>
<p>Bonus: Local Hero 144</p>
<p>Summary 145</p>
<p>Chapter 9: Stand for Something 147</p>
<p>Leading Minds 148</p>
<p>What Is Your Story? 152</p>
<p>Bonus: The Man from Hope 161</p>
<p>Summary 162</p>
<p>SECTION FOUR: STORYTELLING 165</p>
<p>Chapter 10: So You Want To Tell a Story 167</p>
<p>What Kinds of Story Work Best? 176</p>
<p>Where Do I Find Stories to Tell? 179</p>
<p>Bonus: Made in Dagenham 181</p>
<p>Summary 181</p>
<p>Chapter 11: A Good Story Well Told 183</p>
<p>Castles in the Air 195</p>
<p>Bonus: The Simple Shapes of Stories 197</p>
<p>Summary 197</p>
<p>Chapter 12: On Your Feet 199</p>
<p>Story Coaching 200</p>
<p>Introducing Stories 205</p>
<p>Holding their Attention 206</p>
<p>Making Sure You Can Be Heard 210</p>
<p>Finding the Right Language 212</p>
<p>Bonus: The King s Speech 214</p>
<p>Summary 214</p>
<p>SECTION FIVE: TIME AND CHANGE 217</p>
<p>Chapter 13: Time and Narrative 219</p>
<p>Learning from the Past: The Told Story 222</p>
<p>Standing in the Present: The Unfolding Story 232</p>
<p>Shaping the Future: The Imagined Story 236</p>
<p>Bonus: The Insider 241</p>
<p>Summary 242</p>
<p>Chapter 14: Storytelling for a Change 245</p>
<p>Don t Think of an Elephant 246</p>
<p>Empires of the Mind 251</p>
<p>Bonus: The Foresters 261</p>
<p>Summary 262</p>
<p>Chapter 15: Life in the Fast Lane 265</p>
<p>Modern, Post–modern, and Hypermodern 266</p>
<p>The Medium and the Message 270</p>
<p>Storytelling in a Global Village 272</p>
<p>Signs of the Times 275</p>
<p>Bonus: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room 282</p>
<p>Summary 283</p>
<p>SECTION SIX: BETWEEN STORIES 285</p>
<p>Chapter 16: Heart and Soul 287</p>
<p>Missing the Boat 289</p>
<p>Ambit and Ambition 292</p>
<p>Two Countries 296</p>
<p>Narrative Wreckage 299</p>
<p>Welcome to Wonderland 301</p>
<p>Bonus: Beasts of the Southern Wild 304</p>
<p>Summary 304</p>
<p>Appendix: Additional Resources 307</p>
<p>Index 311</p>