TRAINING OUTLINE
NARRATIVE LEADERSHIP (2-days)
Turning Vision into Belief and Action
Duration: 2 days
Delivery: Face-to-Face
Level: Advanced
Delivery: Face-to-Face
Level: Advanced
CORE IDEA: Discover the leader within and learn to express that leadership through narrative.
A 2-day leadership development workshop that helps participants uncover their leadership narrative, articulate their authentic voice and translate inner clarity into meaningful influence and action.
Narrative Leadership is not about telling stories — it’s about creating meaning through words, presence, and purpose. This 2-day training helps senior leaders develop their authentic leadership voice — one that reflects their values, evokes trust, and aligns others to a shared vision. Participants will learn how to turn organisational goals into human narratives that connect, engage, and inspire belief and action.
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Articulate a personal leadership narrative grounded in authenticity, values, and purpose.
2. Translate organisational vision into messages that inspire shared belief and commitment.
3. Communicate with clarity, empathy, and emotional intelligence to build trust.
4. Use narrative framing to influence decision-making and drive change.
5. Engage teams and stakeholders through meaning-making rather than messaging.
6. Reflect on how their presence, tone, and behaviour shape the stories people tell about their leadership.
1. Articulate a personal leadership narrative grounded in authenticity, values, and purpose.
2. Translate organisational vision into messages that inspire shared belief and commitment.
3. Communicate with clarity, empathy, and emotional intelligence to build trust.
4. Use narrative framing to influence decision-making and drive change.
5. Engage teams and stakeholders through meaning-making rather than messaging.
6. Reflect on how their presence, tone, and behaviour shape the stories people tell about their leadership.
Senior Managers and experienced leaders who:
• Lead teams and manage key stakeholders
• Are involved in decision-making and strategic discussions
• Need to strengthen leadership presence and team effectiveness
• Lead teams and manage key stakeholders
• Are involved in decision-making and strategic discussions
• Need to strengthen leadership presence and team effectiveness
DAY 1 – LEADING FROM WITHIN: FINDING YOUR AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP VOICE
• Module 1: The Power of Narrative in Leadership
• Module 2: The Inner Story – Values, Beliefs, and Authentic Voice
• Module 3: Articulating Your Personal Why
• Module 4: The Architecture of a Leadership Narrative
• Module 5: Dialogue Lab: Sharing and Refining the Narrative
• Module 2: The Inner Story – Values, Beliefs, and Authentic Voice
• Module 3: Articulating Your Personal Why
• Module 4: The Architecture of a Leadership Narrative
• Module 5: Dialogue Lab: Sharing and Refining the Narrative
Module 1: The Power of Narrative in Leadership
• What is a leadership narrative (vs. storytelling)?
• The psychology of belief, meaning, and trust
• How people “read” leaders — the unspoken story behind presence and behaviour.
• Activity: The Story Others Tell — participants map the perceived narrative others may hold about them as leaders.
• What is a leadership narrative (vs. storytelling)?
• The psychology of belief, meaning, and trust
• How people “read” leaders — the unspoken story behind presence and behaviour.
• Activity: The Story Others Tell — participants map the perceived narrative others may hold about them as leaders.
Module 2: The Inner Story – Values, Beliefs, and Authentic Voice
• How your values and experiences shape your leadership communication.
• Recognising the difference between performance and presence.
• The power of emotional congruence: being consistent inside and out.
• Activity: The Mirror Exercise — reflective writing on key leadership moments that defined values and voice.
• How your values and experiences shape your leadership communication.
• Recognising the difference between performance and presence.
• The power of emotional congruence: being consistent inside and out.
• Activity: The Mirror Exercise — reflective writing on key leadership moments that defined values and voice.
Module 3: Articulating Your Personal Why
• Moving from “what I do” to “why it matters.”
• Connecting personal purpose to organisational purpose.
• Using purpose as a compass for authentic communication
• Activity: The Mirror Exercise — reflective writing on key leadership moments that defined values and voice.
• Moving from “what I do” to “why it matters.”
• Connecting personal purpose to organisational purpose.
• Using purpose as a compass for authentic communication
• Activity: The Mirror Exercise — reflective writing on key leadership moments that defined values and voice.
Module 4: The Architecture of a Leadership Narrative
• Elements of a compelling leadership narrative (truth, intention, relevance, emotion, and action).
• Building resonance through empathy and clarity
• Activity: Crafting Your Leadership Narrative (Part 1) — first draft of each leader’s personal narrative.
• Elements of a compelling leadership narrative (truth, intention, relevance, emotion, and action).
• Building resonance through empathy and clarity
• Activity: Crafting Your Leadership Narrative (Part 1) — first draft of each leader’s personal narrative.
Module 5: Dialogue Lab: Sharing and Refining the Narrative
• Peer feedback and reflection on tone, authenticity, and emotional impact.
• Facilitator debrief: What makes a narrative believable and human?
• Peer feedback and reflection on tone, authenticity, and emotional impact.
• Facilitator debrief: What makes a narrative believable and human?
End of Day 1 Reflection
• What story do I want to be told about my leadership – and am I living it?
• What story do I want to be told about my leadership – and am I living it?
DAY 2 – LEADING THROUGH OTHERS: INSPIRING BELIEF AND ACTION THOUGH COMMUNICATION
• Module 6: From Strategy to Story – Translating Vision into Human Terms
• Module 7: Building Belief: Communicating with Empathy and Credibility
• Module 8: The Influence Spectrum – Inspiring Action without Authority
• Module 9: The Leader as Meaning Maker
• Module 10: Integrating Your Leadership Narrative
• Module 7: Building Belief: Communicating with Empathy and Credibility
• Module 8: The Influence Spectrum – Inspiring Action without Authority
• Module 9: The Leader as Meaning Maker
• Module 10: Integrating Your Leadership Narrative
Module 6: From Strategy to Story – Translating Vision into Human Terms
• Why facts inform but stories inspire.
• Reframing strategic goals into human impact narratives.
• Activity: The Vision Translation Challenge – participants take a company vision or initiative and express it as a human-centred narrative.
• Why facts inform but stories inspire.
• Reframing strategic goals into human impact narratives.
• Activity: The Vision Translation Challenge – participants take a company vision or initiative and express it as a human-centred narrative.
Module 7: Building Belief: Communicating with Empathy and Credibility
• Understanding the emotional arc of belief.
• The three levels of trust: competence, consistency, and care.
• Voice, tone, and the unspoken signals of trust.
• Activity: The Trust Narrative Map – identifying how trust is gained, sustained, and sometimes lost through communication.
• Understanding the emotional arc of belief.
• The three levels of trust: competence, consistency, and care.
• Voice, tone, and the unspoken signals of trust.
• Activity: The Trust Narrative Map – identifying how trust is gained, sustained, and sometimes lost through communication.
Module 8: The Influence Spectrum – Inspiring Action without Authority
• Leading through narrative framing and emotional intelligence.
• The neuroscience of influence: how meaning drives motivation.
• Exercise: Framing for Action – leaders practice rephrasing directives into belief-driven invitations.
• Leading through narrative framing and emotional intelligence.
• The neuroscience of influence: how meaning drives motivation.
• Exercise: Framing for Action – leaders practice rephrasing directives into belief-driven invitations.
Module 9: The Leader as Meaning Maker
• Creating alignment during change, uncertainty, and challenge.
• Crafting narratives that stabilise and motivate.
• Activity: The Change Narrative Workshop – participants shape communication for a real or simulated change scenario.
• Creating alignment during change, uncertainty, and challenge.
• Crafting narratives that stabilise and motivate.
• Activity: The Change Narrative Workshop – participants shape communication for a real or simulated change scenario.
Module 10: Integrating Your Leadership Narrative
• Revisiting the personal narrative from Day 1 – now extended to organisational context.
• Aligning voice, purpose, and message.
• Exercise: Crafting Your Leadership Narrative (Part 2) – integration and final articulation.
• Revisiting the personal narrative from Day 1 – now extended to organisational context.
• Aligning voice, purpose, and message.
• Exercise: Crafting Your Leadership Narrative (Part 2) – integration and final articulation.
Closing & Reflection
• How will I communicate so that people not only hear my vision — they believe in it?
• Q&A, Feedback, Evaluation
• How will I communicate so that people not only hear my vision — they believe in it?
• Q&A, Feedback, Evaluation
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