Here’s an email I wrote today to leaders in Reno County…
Howdy, Leadership Reno County People (sorry I was in TX last week)…
We’re all storytellers. Whether it’s coming in from that long weekend to share our exciting exploits with others in the office or simply catching up with others by remembering when we did this or that, story looms large on the horizon of most of our lives.
One of the contentions of the KLC curriculum is that to make progress on daunting issues, it requires that we act differently, that we engage in acts of leadership in different ways and this includes taking time to diagnose the situation. The Quick Guide provides 2 questions that relate to story and help us come up with good diagnosis:
1) What’s our story about what’s going on here?
2) What story do we imagine others connected to our issue are telling?
Examining the story helps us diagnose the situation so that we can engage in acts of leadership in more skillful ways that propel us in the direction of progress. Story matters. So, next time you here someone sharing about “once upon a time” remember that dialing into this story might help you make progress on an issue that you care about.
With you in the story of Reno County…