S4 E19 - How To Write Your Leadership Story with Christine Miners and Rick Lash

The Inspire Podcast

If you've ever said, "I don't feel like I have the same joy in my job as I used to..." or, "I always thought I'd love it when I made it to this role, and now I'm not as happy as I thought I'd be" or, "the demands on me in this position are too much." then you need to listen to my conversation with Christine and Rick. Crisis or major life changes can shatter the inner stories that give our life meaning; finding a new inner narrative allows us to become our own authors and reconnect to the meaning we all crave. Drawing on insights from their new book, Once Upon A Leader, Christine and Rick outline what it takes to re-energize yourself personally and professionally. You can buy Christine and Rick's book, Once Upon a Leader here: https://www.verityintl.com/once-upon-a-leader/ 00:03 Teaser 00:23 Intro 00:58 Introducing Christine and Rick 01:57 What led them to write this book 03:27 Why Christine came on board 04:17 Limitations of current executive training 05:58 Not just for executives 06:23 What does the book show you how to do? 06:55 The problem of weak narrative capacity 07:15 Indicators that your narrator is weak 09:34 What is the brain narrator? What does it do? Bart wants to front-load this section in the front 11:05 How do we get a weak narrator 13:26 How to build up your narrator 14:15 How to build a narrative and narrator 14:32 3 phases of building 15:54 Gathering your building blocks 18:18 Healthcare example 20:31 Recrafting the story 22:14 Taking your new narrative out into the world 22:46 Conducting small experiments 26:05 Bart sums it up 28:07 Thank yous 28:48 Outro