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Leadership Story Talks is a podcast hosted by Jerome Deroy, CEO of Narativ, and Julienne Ryan, business author, communication and HR specialist, and frequent Narativ training contributor.In each episode, Jerome and Jules discuss the practices that engage, motivate, develop, retain, and attract people to businesses, whether these are your customers or your employees. Their principles and tools are based on real world stories that leverage listening and storytelling to become a better leader and management professional.

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Leadership Story Talks is a podcast hosted by Jerome Deroy, CEO of Narativ, and Julienne Ryan, business author, communication and HR specialist, and frequent Narativ training contributor.In each episode, Jerome and Jules discuss the practices that engage, motivate, develop, retain, and attract people to businesses, whether these are your customers or your employees. Their principles and tools are based on real world stories that leverage listening and storytelling to become a better leader and management professional.

    Leadership Story Talks | Creating Workplace Wellness by Increasing Emotional Intelligence with Erica Reed

    Leadership Story Talks | Creating Workplace Wellness by Increasing Emotional Intelligence with Erica Reed

    "If you don't know what to say and you're afraid of saying the wrong thing, you say nothing. And then you have to have an awareness of what that nothingness is communicating."
    In this episode, Jerome and Julienne talk to Erica Reed. She's the founder of Leading Well Solutions, and she brings over 25 years of experience as a psychotherapist and workplace wellness expert to help managers become inclusive leaders with higher levels of emotional intelligence, improved communication skills, and the ability to optimize the unique strengths of employees. They talk about her journey from being a therapist to leading a company that provides trauma-informed training and coaching in the workplace, which leads them to discuss the interaction between individual and collective identities, stories and trauma. If you don’t have the words to discuss certain topics you will stay silent and Erica explains how her training and coaching provides leaders with the tools to have difficult conversations in the workplace and create healthy relationships where people feel valued. These conversations often pertain to change, either personal or organizational, and they talk about the importance of leadership showing up at those moments
    Listen to this episode to learn more about trauma-informed leadership, healthy workplace culture and the fascinating connection between individual therapy and workplace dynamics.
      
    Notes
    *Learn more about Leading Well Solutions
    *Find Erica Reed on LinkedIn
    *Learn more about the online course “Leading with Empathy: A Trauma Informed Approach to Emotional Intelligence for HR Professionals and People Managers” here
    Find out more about The Narativ Storytelling Method at
    narativ.com
    EMAIL Jerome@narativ.com
    LINKEDIN https://www.linkedin.com/company/narativ-inc
    TWITTER @narativ

    Buy Julienne’s book here

    • 37 min
    Leadership Story Talks | Jerome & Julienne Discuss Intention + Attention

    Leadership Story Talks | Jerome & Julienne Discuss Intention + Attention

    In this new series of short podcasts, Jerome and Julienne discuss issues brought up by one of their Leadership Story Talks guests.

    In this episode they discuss using intention with attention mentioned by CEO and founder of WriterGirl Christy Pretzinger in episode #81

    Notes
    * Find Christy Pretzinger on LinkedIn
    * Learn more about WriterGirl 
    Find out more about The Narativ Storytelling Method at
    narativ.com
    EMAIL Jerome@narativ.com
    LINKEDIN https://www.linkedin.com/company/narativ-inc
    TWITTER @narativ

    Buy Julienne’s book here

    • 10 min
    Leadership Story Talks | Building a Business Based on Kindness with Christy Pretzinger

    Leadership Story Talks | Building a Business Based on Kindness with Christy Pretzinger

    "When I first started my business, I said to my accountant at the time, if I can't build a business based on kindness, then I'll go back to being a freelance writer."


    In this episode, Jerome and Julienne talk to Christy Pretzinger, a dynamic, visionary innovator who has transformed the landscape of healthcare content creation as the owner and CEO of WriterGirl. Christy has built an industry-leading organization that delivers top-notch content strategy and creation to the healthcare industry nationwide. Christy is also passionate about creating an environment where people can truly thrive and is dedicated to reinventing how businesses perceive the world of work and encouraging other entrepreneurs to do the same.


    Christy tells Jerome and Julienne about how she went from intending to build a business environment based on kindness to creating that environment. She talks about the structures she put in place to ensure that employees know they matter, have a good life work (not work life!) balance, and can approach each other and clients with kindness and empathy. They also touch on her motivation to build her company like that and how self-awareness has been crucial for her growth as a leader and directly related to her company's growth. Along the way, Christy shares examples of the concrete tools she has used to achieve her cultural goals, which you can also implement in your workplace.


    Listen to this episode to become inspired by and learn from someone who truly turned intentions for good company culture into reality by setting up concrete structures and constantly ensuring that the financial balance sheet AND the cultural balance sheet look great!


      


    Notes


    * Find Christy Pretzinger on LinkedIn 


    * Learn more about WriterGirl 





    Find out more about The Narativ Storytelling Method at
    narativ.com
    EMAIL Jerome@narativ.com
    LINKEDIN https://www.linkedin.com/company/narativ-inc
    TWITTER @narativ

    Buy Julienne’s book here

    • 50 min
    Leadership Story Talks | Becoming AI Literate Citizens in a Global World with Melissa Drew

    Leadership Story Talks | Becoming AI Literate Citizens in a Global World with Melissa Drew

    “In order for us to be AI literate, we have to be aware of what and how much data we're creating. We have to understand when and how our personal data is being stored, shared, deleted, and sold to a third party. An AI literate citizen is someone who can feel confident that they understand how the data is being used in the products and services that they consume and interact with”
    In this episode, Jerome and Julienne talk to Melissa Drew, the founder of Simply Transformed, a company which guides digital transformation initiatives to leverage data strategies and AI technologies. She is also a founding member and committee chair for Women Leaders In Data & AI, TEDx speaker and thought leader. They talk about how being the only woman in the room led her to become a champion for women in the area of digital transformation before diving into what it means for people to become global AI literate citizens. She talks about how many Americans don’t realize they interact with AI daily and have been doing so for years, how ChatGPT only brought a certain type of AI to the forefront, and what it would take to make people aware of all the forms AI comes in and how it influences their day-to-day lives. 
    They end the episode with a powerful personal story that will remind you of the strength in reinventing yourself and the power of having a personal advisory council filled with people who can provide you with different perspectives as you move through life. 
     
    Notes
    * Find Melissa Drew on LinkedIn 
    * Learn more about Narativ here


    Find out more about The Narativ Storytelling Method at
    narativ.com
    EMAIL Jerome@narativ.com
    LINKEDIN https://www.linkedin.com/company/narativ-inc
    TWITTER @narativ

    Buy Julienne’s book here

    • 45 min
    Leadership Story Talks | Data, Stories & Systemic Changes in Financial Health with Matt Bahl

    Leadership Story Talks | Data, Stories & Systemic Changes in Financial Health with Matt Bahl

    “How do we get employers to say that their workers are not risks to be managed but humans worthy of investment and dignity? That is a fundamental shift in the way that benefits are designed and oriented in a lot of contexts.”
    In this episode, Jerome and Julienne talk to their first returning guest! Matt Bahl is the Vice President of Market Lead Workplace Financial Health at the Financial Health Network. In his role, Matt leads the development of new capabilities, strategies, and partnerships to help employers achieve their financial health goals, and he is a nationally recognized thought leader on workplace financial wellness. They talk about his deep commitment to ensuring that work is better for more people by helping to change the mental models and shape the systems that are essential to moving forward financial health. He talks about the status quo surrounding financial health and how the development of the economy, the job market, and our higher education system over the past few years has helped people reframe how we think about work and financial health. The impactful stories that help bring the data to life and help executives step out of their bubbles are also topics of discussion and Matt also tells a couple of those stories.
    Tune in for an inspiring interview full of data on financial health and the current market combined with impactful stories of how financial health can be improved, both at a small and larger scale, to make work life better for everyone.
    Notes
    *Watch the Frontline Worker Perspective 
    *Learn more about the 20th anniversary conference EMERGE 2024 as a way to connect and support the finhealth movement
    *Learn more about Ownership Works
    *Read about the Worker Financial Wellness Initiative, the Financial Health Network’s partnership with PayPal, JUST Capital, and the Good Jobs Institute that focuses on measuring the financial health of workforces, and includes outcomes and impact stories
    * Take a look at PayPal Financial Diaries, which outlines PayPal's journey and includes stories from frontline workers
    * Health Care Premiums impact on Wages is the cited study about workers likely losing over 125k in wages due to rising insurance premiums
    * Find Matt Bahl on LinkedIn and read this post about the importance of stepping outside of our bubbles
    *Sign up for the Leadership Workshop here


    Find out more about The Narativ Storytelling Method at
    narativ.com
    EMAIL Jerome@narativ.com
    LINKEDIN https://www.linkedin.com/company/narativ-inc
    TWITTER @narativ

    Buy Julienne’s book here

    • 54 min
    Leadership Story Talks | Creating Human Connection in Healthcare & Beyond with Derek McCracken

    Leadership Story Talks | Creating Human Connection in Healthcare & Beyond with Derek McCracken

    “Every conversation is a fresh performance. And even though we have skill sets we're bringing forward, that person is listening to this for the first time, and they are a new audience, and we have to meet them where they are.”


    In this episode, Jerome and Julienne talk to Derek McCracken, a New York-based health equity activist who teaches narrative medicine, pedagogy and applied writing for Columbia School of Professional Studies and serves on the board of Say Ah!, which is a health literacy nonprofit agency. They talk about the importance of narratives to build relationships, within healthcare and beyond, improve health literacy and health equity, and create the connections needed for effective advocacy. After this, they look at narratives in a broader light, talking about the healing power of seeing your life as a big narrative, the power stories have to break through hierarchies, and how storytelling can help people realize that whatever they are going through, whether it be health or career challenges, they are not the only ones and they are not alone.


    Listen to this episode to learn more about the connection between storytelling and health literacy, greeting cards and health advocacy, and listening and health equity, among many other things.


    Notes
    Click here for free narrative medicine sessions
    Click here for more information about Say Ah!’s work on health literary
    Sign up for Narativ’s upcoming workshop here


    Find out more about The Narativ Storytelling Method at
    narativ.com
    EMAIL Jerome@narativ.com
    LINKEDIN https://www.linkedin.com/company/narativ-inc
    TWITTER @narativ

    Buy Julienne’s book here

    • 45 min

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