Narativ Leadership Story Talks
Leadership Story Talks is a podcast hosted by Jerome Deroy, CEO of Narativ, and Julienne Ryan, business author, communication and HR specialist, and frequent Narativ training contributor.In each episode, Jerome and Jules discuss the practices that engage, motivate, develop, retain, and attract people to businesses, whether these are your customers or your employees. Their principles and tools are based on real world stories that leverage listening and storytelling to become a better leader and management professional.
Episodes
114 episodes
Leadership Story Talks | The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People with Kory Kogon
In this insightful episode of Leadership Story Talks, co-hosts Jerome Deroy and Julienne Ryan are joined by Kory Kogon, Vice President of Content Development at FranklinCovey and senior leadership consultant. Kory shares her perspective...
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Leadership Story Talks | Jerome & Julienne Discuss the Value of Experience
In this debrief episode, Jerome Deroy and Julienne Ryan dive into a memorable excerpt from a previous conversation with Kaila Lim. They reflect on Kaila's perspective about how storytelling often outshines a traditional resume in the tech indus...
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Leadership Story Talks | Persuasive Communication with Jennifer B Gardner
In this insightful episode, Jerome Deroy and Julienne Ryan sit down with Jennifer B. Gardner, a Los Angeles-based trial lawyer, educator, and part-time administrative law judge, to explore the themes of persuasive communication, storytelling, a...
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Leadership Story Talks | Jerome & Julienne Discuss the Power of Listening
In this insightful debrief episode, hosts Jerome Deroy and Julienne Ryan reflect on their interview with Cecilia Loving and Gina Leow focusing on their powerful approach to leading diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Wit...
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Leadership Story Talks | Creating Your Career Story with Kaila Lim
In this episode, Jerome and Julienne sit down with Kaila Lim, Founder Experience Lead at Antler NYC. Kaila shares her career journey from finance to tech startups, discussing the power of storytelling in personal and professional d...
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Leadership Story Talks | Jerome & Julienne Discuss Change
In this series of short podcasts, Jerome and Julienne discuss issues brought up by one of their Leadership Story Talks guests.In this episode they discuss the work of Curtis Bateman and his expertise on change in the workplace.
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Leadership Story Talks | Connecting Through Circles with Cecilia Loving & Gina Leow
“You can even have circles where there’s no talking whatsoever, but just the simple and full act of listening and being present for one another.”In this episode, Jerome and Julienne talk to Cecilia Loving and Gina Leow, two leaders in di...
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Leadership Story Talks | Jerome & Julienne Discuss the Path from Story to Outcome
In this series of short podcasts, Jerome and Julienne discuss issues brought up by one of their Leadership Story Talks guests.In this episode they discuss the work of disability advocate Katherine Carol with her daughter Mikelle and the...
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Leadership Story Talks | Navigating Change with Curtis Bateman
"The journey of change is important. And the goal isn't to eliminate that journey"In this episode of Leadership Story Talks, Jerome Deroy and Julienne Ryan welcome back Curtis Bateman, best-selling co-author of "Change: How to T...
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Leadership Story Talks | Jerome & Julienne Discuss Our Shared Humanity
In this series of short podcasts, Jerome and Julienne discuss issues brought up by one of their Leadership Story Talks guests.In this episode they discuss a collaborative book project,
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Leadership Story Talks | Stories of Shared Humanity with Kelly Marley
Jerome Deroy and Julienne Ryan speak with Kelly Markey, an eight-time international bestselling author and passionate advocate for social justice and equality. Kelly's book, "Life of Jayandra," won the top book of the year award in 2024 for...
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Leadership Story Talks | Giving a Voice to the Disabled Community Through Storytelling with Katherine Carol
In this episode of Leadership Story Talks, Jerome and Julienne welcome Katherine Carol, a recognized expert by the US Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy. Katherine shares her extensive career in helping individuals with...
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Leadership Story Talks | Jerome & Julienne Discuss Walls
In this series of short podcasts, Jerome and Julienne discuss issues brought up by one of their Leadership Story Talks guests.In this episode they discuss walls - real and imagined - after their discussion with
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Leadership Story Talks | Jerome & Julienne Discuss The 100th Episode Live Stream
After last weeks very successful Leadership Story Talks 100th episode, Jerome and Julienne talk about the power of the stories told by nine of their returning guests.#leadership #storytelling #listeningListen to the 100th episod...
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Leadership Story Talks 100th Episode | LIVEstream on YouTube
For our 100th episode, Leadership Story Talks was streamed LIVE on Youtube. Jerome & Julienne invited nine previous guests to tell a personal story based on a person or event that shaped who they are today. The guests in this ex...
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Leadership Story Talks | Running into Walls and AI Ethics with Laura Miller
“Walls don't always look like what you think they do. Sometimes walls look like a no. Sometimes walls look like a oh heck no (...) and sometimes walls just look like we haven't been able to imagine it a different way (...) But once you start ge...
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Leadership Story Talks | Jerome & Julienne Discuss The Business of Story
In this series of short podcasts, Jerome and Julienne discuss issues brought up by one of their Leadership Story Talks guests.In this episode they discuss the 'business of story' after their discussion with Park Howel from The ...
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Leadership Story Talks | Storytelling in Business with Park Howell
"Why does this one work? And why is this one an utter failure? Well, it turned out this one actually had a story structure of set up, problem, and resolution to it, and told a story intuitively"In this episode, Jerome and Julienne talk t...
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Leadership Story Talks | Jerome & Julienne Discuss Caring Bosses & AI
In this series of short podcasts, Jerome and Julienne discuss issues brought up by one of their Leadership Story Talks guests.In this episode they discuss showing how much you care - when and how - and also AI in the workplace after the...
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Leadership Story Talks | AI, Humans & The Workplace with Cesar Keller
"I love the saying "no one cares how much you know until they know how much you care. It doesn't matter how wise and knowledgeable your boss is, if they don't show that they care about you, and caring is the main condition to create trust."...
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Leadership Story Talks | Jerome & Julienne Discuss Difficult Conversations
In this series of short podcasts, Jerome and Julienne discuss issues brought up by one of their Leadership Story Talks guests.In this episode they discuss those difficult conversations brought up in a story told by
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Leadership Story Talks | Navigating Difficult Conversations with Todd Davis
"If we realize, wait a minute, I can reduce the pain, and actually I can make progress if I focus first and foremost on balancing my needs and theirs, and if I get real clear on that balance of what we call courage and consideration."In ...
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Leadership Story Talks | Jerome & Julienne Discuss Pay Equity
In this series of short podcasts, Jerome and Julienne discuss issues brought up by one of their Leadership Story Talks guests.In this episode they discuss pay equity from their talk with Sally Loftis of
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Leadership Story Talks | Pay Equity with Sally Loftis
"Are you engaging people who are just trying to survive day to day and pay their bills? Or do you engage with people who have the capacity to dream and innovate for your company, because those day-to-day concerns are taken care of?"In th...
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Leadership Story Talks | Jerome & Julienne Discuss Listening to Our Ancestors
In this new series of short podcasts, Jerome and Julienne discuss issues brought up by one of their Leadership Story Talks guests.In this episode they discuss learning from our ancestors from their talk with Craig Delarge in
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