Storytelling is an essential part of leadership. Effective leaders communicate to inspire talent to excel; to partner with investors and communities; to engage with customers and clients and to grow their impact in the world as part of a global community. Cultivating an authentic, trustworthy and compelling narrative is vital to a leader’s success. This course helps leaders find their own story through personal branding; develop storytelling success with all constituencies; initiate an effective voice for crisis; interact well through social and third party media; and communicate a vision for innovation.
Ce cours fait partie de la Spécialisation Leadership organisationnel
Leadership Communication for Maximum Impact: Storytelling
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Les étudiants prenant part à ce Course sont
- Chief Financial Officers (CFOs)
- Marketing Managers
- IT Managers
- Chief Operations Officers (COOs)
- Product Managers
Compétences que vous acquerrez
CommunicationLeadershipInnovationCrisis Management
Programme du cours : ce que vous apprendrez dans ce cours
Semaine
11 heure pour terminer
Leadership Lessons From Great Brands
What makes a brand truly great? What makes a leader truly great? In this module, our first leadership lessons will be learned from great brands. Understanding great brands will then help you as you build your own personal brand.
6 vidéos (Total 32 min), 3 lectures
6 vidéos
Introduction to Module 13 min
What Makes Brands Great6 min
The Branding-You Audit9 min
Branding-You Insight4 min
Goals7 min
3 lectures
Pre-Course Survey10 min
Meet Your Professors10 min
Course Grading & Logistics10 min
Semaine
225 minutes pour terminer
The Art of Leadership Storytelling Made Simple
In this module, you will learn about the art of storytelling made simple. You’ll learn to use storytelling as a powerful strategic communications tool to inform, engage, motivate and inspire those key audiences that are critical to your success. You will also be introduced to the concept of visual mind mapping as a way of helping you to effectively structure your story.
5 vidéos (Total 25 min)
5 vidéos
The Power of Storytelling5 min
It All Starts with the Audience7 min
The Structure of a Great Story – Visual Mind Mapping5 min
Visual Narrative Mapping Applied4 min
Semaine
323 minutes pour terminer
Storytelling in Crisis: The Ultimate Marketing Event
Conquering a media-driven crisis means doing the "right" thing and then telling a fact-based story about it. In this module, you’ll learn that what you do and how well you tell your story is key to your crisis communication strategy. You’ll learn that the most effective crisis responders have planned for the unplanned and recognize that there is a big difference between knowing what to do ... and being ready to do it.
5 vidéos (Total 23 min)
5 vidéos
Crisis Response: Maximum Exposure, Minimum Delay6 min
Critical Audiences: Know who they are and how to reach them ... in a hurry4 min
The Rules of Crisis Media Engagement: "The network is calling. Now what?"5 min
Planning for the Unplanned: Know what to do ... and be ready to do it6 min
Semaine
43 heures pour terminer
Leadership Storytelling and Innovation
Leadership requires an innovation mindset, but getting others inspired by new approaches or products requires storytelling. This module will augment your leadership communication capacity as you grow your organization.
6 vidéos (Total 32 min), 2 lectures, 1 quiz
6 vidéos
Leadership Storytelling and Innovation 15 min
Innovation and Storytelling Round Table: What is innovation and the leader’s role10 min
Innovation and Storytelling Round Table 2: Practical Examples10 min
Leadership Storytelling and Innovation 23 min
Conclusion of Course 2 with Dean Blount1 min
2 lectures
Post-Course Survey10 min
Optional Readings10 min
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Principaux examens pour Leadership Communication for Maximum Impact: Storytelling
The subjects selected are relevant, the professors are very knowledgable, engaging and inspiring and they answer all the questions promptly.\n\nI enjoyed this course tremendously, highly recommended!
I liked this course a lot as it gave me the opportunity to work doing the assignment, helping me to think as an executive team leader. It was very challenged but very rewarding at the end of it.
Enseignants
Tom Collinger
Executive Director Spiegel Research CenterMedill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications
Ernest Duplessis
FacultyMedill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications
Hud Englehart
FacultyMedill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications
Candy Lee
ProfessorMedill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications
À propos de Université Northwestern
Northwestern University is a private research and teaching university with campuses in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, and Doha, Qatar. Northwestern combines innovative teaching and pioneering research in a highly collaborative environment that transcends traditional academic boundaries.
À propos du Spécialisation Leadership organisationnel
Equip yourself to successfully lead organizations through clarity of purpose and effective collaboration — by building and motivating teams; designing and delivering powerful stories; developing strategies to appropriately influence; understanding underlying customer analytics and applying innovative approaches to deliver impact.
How do aspiring managers succeed in an ever-changing business environment? How do they lead different groups to action? This specialization equips aspiring managers to lead change and leverage different roles and functions within for-profit institutions to create lasting value in the marketplace. Throughout the five courses, we will explore how great leaders assess themselves and lead collaborative teams that effectively manage negotiations and conflict. We will discover how leaders communicate through storytelling and employ other communication strategies to influence. Furthermore, we will learn how organizations start with the clarity of purpose that comes from an understanding of customers’ needs, including leveraging data analytics, and use that focus to drive the design of products and services to meet those needs effectively. At the end of the coursework, students will create a capstone project that allows them to apply what they have learned.
Each of the individual courses can be audited for free: 1-High Performance Collaboration: Leadership, Teamwork, and Negotiation, 2-Leadership Communication for Maximum Impact: Storytelling, 3-Leadership Through Social Influence, 4-Leadership Through Marketing, 5-Leadership Through Design Innovation.
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