How can story telling further develop your career? An example from my practice

Last week we touched on the benefits of story telling in general and particularly when it comes to leadership issues.

One example from my business coaching practice actually started with an interview training. When we watched the rehearsal on my client’s smartphone it became so obvious that his answer to my simple question „How do you deal with changes?“ was much more powerful than originally thought: His entire life, born abroad, succeeding at German universities despite a series of challenges to finally moving up the career ladder at well-known companies had one very personal common denominator: change!

Needless to say that his performance in the subsequent real interview was pretty convincing, not only when the aforementioned question actually came up: We keep emotional and personal stories in remembrance, not so much the facts – stay healthy and confident … 🙂