by Jesse Lahey | Apr 17, 2013 | Blog
Recently, I was struck by a similar emphasis from three different thought leaders. Leadership is about the courage and discipline to think things through for ourselves and the moral courage to stand up for what we believe to be right. Self-knowledge can only be gained...
by Jesse Lahey | Apr 10, 2013 | Blog
In the mid-1990s, I read The Road Ahead by Bill Gates and doubted his prediction that advertisers would one day pay consumers to spend our time viewing their ads via the new-fangled invention called the “World Wide Web.” Would cash become king when you...
by Joe Sherwood | Apr 5, 2013 | Blog
This week’s top picks in leadership reads on the internet. How to Use Stories to Engage Prospects | Interview with Jesse Lahey Jesse interviews with The Prospecting Expert podcast on the power of storytelling. Change Management Is Bigger Than Leadership How does...
by Jesse Lahey | Apr 3, 2013 | Blog
Stories are the single most powerful weapon in a leader’s arsenal. ~ Howard Gardner, Harvard University In my previous blog post, I discussed four primary reasons a well-crafted story can be powerful. The operative term, of course, is well-crafted. To influence...
by Jesse Lahey | Mar 27, 2013 | Blog
Having a story today is really what separates companies. People don’t just wear our shoes, they tell our story. ~ Blake Mycoskie, CEO of Tom’s Shoes Why are stories such effective tools for influencing people? There are four primary reasons a well-crafted...
by Jesse Lahey | Mar 20, 2013 | Blog
When Erin and I were in our mid-20s, our next-door neighbors were a bright couple named Christy and WC. One day when Christy was talking to her friend Barb, she discovered they both knew me – in fact, Barb was my assistant at the consulting firm where I worked. With a...
