Our guest in this episode is a global leadership consultant and keynote speaker, Karen Eber, who’s talk on TED.com: How your brain responds to stories – and why they’re crucial for leaders has almost 2 million views and is one I have shared hundreds of times, including through this podcast. 

As the CEO and Chief Storyteller of Eber Leadership Group, she helps companies reimagine and evolve how they build leaders and teams, transform culture and tell stories - and excitingly is publishing The Perfect Story: How to Tell Stories That Inform, Influence, and Inspire with HarperCollins in 2023.

She and I share a passion for the power of stories, and for equipping people to tell them so I was delighted to have the opportunity to listen and learn alongside all of you as we talked all things leadership, and listened to the Leadership Letter that Karen wrote to her niece and nephew.

• Karen is publishing The Perfect Story: How to Tell Stories That Inform, Influence, and Inspire with HarperCollins in 2023 and you can find and connect with her at https://www.kareneber.com and on LinkedIn.

During our conversation, we talked about:

• Storytelling 
• The importance of establishing a reflection habit early in your career
• Questions as the most powerful tool of leadership
• How you land on others, versus how you think you are landing
• Who you are ok disappointing
• Amplifying other voices
• Immersion: The Science of the Extraordinary and the Source of Happiness by Paul J Zak

Do join our sister podcast, Towards Leadership, where look in more detail at tools, reflections and practical application of the ideas, insights and inspiration we get from our guests on Leadership Letters. An episode focused on storytelling and on Karen’s insights will be coming soon. If you are already follow Leadership Letters, look out for it in your podcast feed.

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