Is the story you tell clients and colleagues a trustworthy professional story? Or, does your story shapeshift, depending on who is listening? Depending on What’s In It For You? When the professional story you tell is never the same, twice in a row, consider whether you are building client trust. Plus, when your story is… [Continue Reading]
Continuously Developing a Trustworthy Professional Story
Why carry Team Dysfunction into Virtual Environments?
In fact, why perpetuate yesterday’s team dysfunction into any collaborative environment? Virtual or otherwise. Regardless of whether you work entirely virtually or in a hybridized format, the playing field is flattened by the current scenario. Consider that the folks already were used to working remotely are at an advantage, moving forward. Because they optimize hybrid… [Continue Reading]
3 Reasons to hit Your Professional Storytelling Reset Button
Hitting your professional storytelling reset button is an essential component for professional and workforce development, as well as business growth. Because this exercise requires you to consider how you deliver value to others, instead of focusing on yourself. Whether you hit this reset button once a year, or continuously throughout the year, reflect on whether… [Continue Reading]
Why Storytelling Confidence grows Your Professional Credibility
Developing storytelling confidence moves you one millimeter forward, beyond remaining professionally comfortable. Embracing not only the risk, but also the opportunity, of connecting your stories to other people’s stories. And growing your professional credibility, as you grow your storytelling acumen. Storytelling seems to be an extremely popular skill set these days. However, storytelling hardly is… [Continue Reading]
Do You create Self-Imposed Boundaries to Your Professional Story?
Ponder the impact of all the self-imposed boundaries you create and reinforce, professionally. Then, consider how these boundaries impact your professional trajectory and your professional story. Regardless of how “open to new ideas” you are, you only are as open as the opportunities you create. And, those opportunities include working with, and cross-pollinating your mindset…. [Continue Reading]
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