What's the Difference Between Storytelling and Being Good at Your Job?

I wish more leaders were sincerely asking this question

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It’s memorable when people are profoundly human, which is why I remember this particular speaking engagement from almost twenty years ago.

The audience was cheering as I stepped off the worn, beige-carpeted, one-foot riser at the front of the room. It’s my job to make sure that attendees at a corporate event don’t notice th…