S10-Ep12: Tales from the Top - How Leaders Use Stories

Guest: Dr. Tanvi Gautam, Senior Faculty at Singapore Management University

How do you lead: with your head or heart? Left-brain or right? For the best leaders, the answer is “All of the above.”

 

From the art of conversation to discovering (and sharing) your organization’s story, guest Dr. Tanvi Gautam talks with host Maureen Metcalf about her head-and-heart-based approach to leadership development – and why adding creative “right brain” thinking to business’ usual analytical “left brain” logic leads to better teams.

Here's what Tanvi and Maureen cover:

1. The five conversations teams need to have;
2. Why your business’ survival depends on the concept of future-fluidity; and
3. How your story, and your organization’s, gives you and your team purpose.

Other episodes you'll enjoy:

• Using Storytelling to Elevate Leadership with Chris Nolan
• You’re an Executive, But Are You a Leader? with Sonya Shelton
• Be Human, Lead Human with Jennifer Nash

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RESOURCES:  

Tanvi’s book, Deep Collaboration: Five Crucial Conversations to Accelerate Team Performance Across Silos, comes out on 27 March 2024. You can pre-order the Kindle version now at https://amzn.to/3OCZ0kH .

 

More about Tanvi’s work is available on her website at https://leadersupgraded.com/ . Listen to her podcast, Leaders Upgraded, at https://leadersupgraded.com/podcast/ .

 

Our host Maureen Metcalf posts a newsletter every week on LinkedIn. You can subscribe here. 

 

Maureen’s latest book is Innovative Leadership & Followership in the Age of AI. You’ll find details about it at https://bit.ly/LeaderInAI. Her other 10 books are available on Amazon here. 

 

Books we’re reading for fun or personal development right now include:

• Everyday Ubuntu: Living Better Together, the African Way by Mungi Ngomane. Hardback (https://amzn.to/48Doh6j) and audiobook (https://amzn.to/48YCRF4)
• Nerve: Lessons on Leadership from Two Women Who Went First by Martha Piper & Indira Samarasekera. Paperback (https://amzn.to/3tOtzg4) and audiobook (https://amzn.to/41OYdT5)
• Jilly Truit murder mysteries by Beverley McLachlin:
  • Full Disclosure – https://amzn.to/46TxW6Q (paperback) https://amzn.to/46VDL3Q (audiobook)
  • Denial – https://amzn.to/46YCbhs (paperback) https://amzn.to/3GJc0AA (audiobook)
• Women and Leadership: Journey Toward Equity by Sherylle J. Tan & Lisa DeFrank-Cole

NOTE: As an Amazon partner, we may make a small commission from books you buy through these links.

 

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OUR PODCAST TEAM:  

Host & Executive Producer: Maureen Metcalf

Editor & Producer: Dan Mushalko

Video & Graphics Editor: Devon Mushalko

Assistant Editor & Raconteur: Luigi Morelli

Have They Got a Whopper of a Story: Jenna Reik & Mike Morrow-Fox

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