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How to lose an election
December 22, 2016John Kerry’s storytelling failure: As we observed in the previous post, I noticed a similar phenomenon in the presidential...
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Hillary Clinton’s failure was as a storyteller
December 16, 2016As we saw in our previous post, Barack Obama used his personal stories—uplifting and aspirational tales garnered from his own...
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Storytelling in political campaigns
November 26, 2016This week, I have continued to watch analysis of Donald Trump’s stunning and unexpected victory over Hillary Clinton. It…
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Recent speaking engagements, and a reflexion about my methods
September 5, 2014The last week of August in Buenos Aires, I was invited to speak at three diverse and remarkably interesting...
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Pope Francis and stories of collective identity
October 18, 2013In the past few weeks, we have seen a variety of ways in which Pope Francis has employed personal...
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A storytelling pope and why I stay interested in his story
October 11, 2013While the coming weeks will be busy with travel and client activity for me, I do plan to write...
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Pope Francis and his use of personal stories of identity
September 27, 2013I had certainly never intended to continue my musings about Pope Francis for so many weeks, but forces seem...
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Margaret Thatcher and leading by autobiography
April 19, 2013My last post closed with the observation that Margaret Thatcher is the best example I have ever found of...
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How Abraham Lincoln mastered the art of storytelling:
February 22, 2013With my coaching clients and in my leadership seminars, whenever I speak of the central role that personal stories...
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Using story and ritual to forge a sense of deep purpose
August 7, 2012This week, I continue on the example of Phil Jackson’s use of stories of identity and group rituals to...