Storytelling to Influence Leadership and Decision Makers
45mGeneral2026-06-02
Authors

Tiffany Uman
Course details
In this course, instructor Tiffany Uman teaches how to craft a compelling and well-presented story that influences leadership and decision makers, even in the most challenging of situations. She takes you through every step of this process, from planning backwards from the objective of your presentation as well as strategic research to understand the needs, concerns, and priorities of stakeholders in order to craft a persuasive, data-backed story. Tiffany then explains how to anticipate pain points, questions, and potential pushback from leaders and decision makers. She guides you through effectively presenting this story to secure approval for your desired outcome. In organizations that have many different priorities and hierarchy levels, being able to clearly create a story that wins support and resources for your projects, ideas, and initiatives is an essential skill.
Skills covered
CommunicationPersonal DevelopmentProfessional DevelopmentLeadership and ManagementOne-Off
Concepts
Introduction
- Storytelling to influence leadership
Create the Foundation of an Effective Story
- Reverse-engineer the target outcome
- Build key messages to reinforce your target outcome
- Develop the core structure of your persuasive story
- Learn your stakeholders' needs to build a persuasive story
Build the Business Case for Your Story
- Leverage pain points to minimize resistance
- Integrate the right data to create a persuasive story
- Incorporate stakeholders to solidify your storytelling
- Prepare for worst-case scenarios while presenting
Prepare to Present Your Story
- The six elements of compelling business storytelling
- Design your presentation to stick to your message
- Incorporate the winning mindset of us in your story
- Understand hot topics to prepare for questions in advance
Nail Your Delivery
- Start your story strong
- Deliver your message in three key points
- Manage pressure and nerves while presenting your story
- Drive home your story and seal the deal
Conclusion
- Start crafting your story
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