Workshop : Leadership and Storytelling

Storytelling has the power to engage, influence and motivate your employees and peers, but how do you do it well?

In this session we will :

• Look at the role of storytelling in leadership

• Identify the three parts of telling a story

• Think about our audiences, potential stories and the channels we could use

Speaker

For over twenty years David has been a professional coach with a portfolio of clients including owners and Managing Directors of SME’s as well as leaders working in larger organisations in the UK and beyond. He has a wide range of experience in leadership and organisational change with both large and small businesses in a variety of sectors. He is a skilled facilitator with experience as a line manager and as a learning development professional across public, private and third sectors. He is a Fellow of the RSA.

The session will be hosted using MS Teams - a meeting link will be sent to you in advance.

About #WECAN

#WECAN is a three year £1.7 million project part funded by the European Social Fund. Led by Leeds Beckett University and working with a network of partners including Edge Hill University and Social Enterprise Yorkshire and Humber, the project aims to support the next generation of women leaders in the Leeds City Region by building their leadership skills, capabilities and opportunities.

European Social Fund

The project has a budget of £1.7m over three years, partly funded by partners and partly from the European Social Fund as part of the 2014-2020 European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme in England. The Department for Work and Pensions (and in London the intermediate body Greater London Authority) is the Managing Authority for the England European Social Fund programme. Established by the European Union, the European Social Fund helps local areas stimulate their economic development by investing in projects which will support skills development, employment and job creation, social inclusion and local community regenerations.

For more information visit https://www.gov.uk/european-growth-funding.

Contact us

Website - www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/wecan

Email - wecan@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Twitter - @wecanlcr

LinkedIn - #WECAN (Women Empowered through Coaching and Networking)