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The Best Business Books Of 2012: Find Fulfillment, Get Productive, And Create Healthy Habits

The Best Business Books Of 2012: Find Fulfillment, Get Productive, And Create Healthy Habits | Leading Choices | Scoop.it

"These 12 books have shaped not only the way we work this year, but how we think and the conversations we're having. Authored by luminaries like Nate Silver, Clay Christensen, and Susan Cain, these delightful-to-read tomes offer insight into the power of vulnerability, habit, social media, and more."

 

A solid list. Check it out and keep reading!

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Five types of leadership storytelling & when to use each

Five types of leadership storytelling & when to use each | Leading Choices | Scoop.it

Just how many types of stories are there, you ask? The answer is, as usual, it depends who you ask. Various storytelling aficionados categorize stories in different ways, and there are no hard and fast rules.

 

These are overviews of each (read the full article for more details and prompts to help you come up with each type of story):

1. Introducing me

2. Conveying values

3. Teaching

4. Jumpstarting action

5. Inspiring

 

Here's the link to the full article: http://www.internal-monologue.com/2012/07/careful-around-campfire-five-types-of.html ;

 

These 5 broad categories and the examples shared in each are really good and will build a good foundation for leadership storytelling. According to Paul Smith in his forthcoming book on leadership storytelling "Lead With A Story" (August 20112), there are actually 21 different categories/applications for leaders to know about and use.

 

But this article brings clarity to the topic and will definitely get you started!

 

Thank you to fellow curator Gimli Goose for this article!


Via Kim Zinke (aka Gimli Goose), Karen Dietz, David Hain
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