Do you want to improve your storytelling skills? Do you struggle with coming up with important stories? In today’s episode, I share some uncommon storytelling tips and how you can build your story portfolio one meaningful moment at a time.
220: What Will You Do When Your Future Calls You
Kendria Countee Knows Technology Implementation Is Best When It's About People
In today’s episode of Your Stories Don’t Define You, Sarah Elkins and Kendria Countee discuss Kendria’s past and work experience. As well as the moments and people that stood out throughout her career. Listen to the latest episode today!
Highlights from this episode include:
Kendria’s story.
Prioritizing people.
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"At that moment it sat with me that the work that I did mattered. And that the experience I gained up to that point, and the focus that I had put on prioritizing people and understanding the bigger picture of society/work I was doing had such an impact on me.”
*podcast show notes contributed by Tracy Ackeret
About Kendria:
Coach, Consultant and Leader, Kendria Countee, harnesses the power of human connection to humanize technology, human resources, and the intersection between the two. She is the CEO of Abnormal Logic and has worked with organizations, ranging from 500 to 60,000 employees, facing challenges realizing the full value of Workday®, struggling to improve Human Capital management services, and struggling to drive adoption of new processes and ways of working. She started Abnormal Logic to have meaningful conversations with organizations about what areas of opportunity exist, what problem(s) they are trying to solve and how to drive change.
When not working with humans, she spends time with her 3 fur babies, traveling (pre-pandemic) and listening to music.
Visit Kendria’s LinkedIn, Instagram, and the Abnormal Logic website and LinkedIn.
ABOUT SARAH:
"Uncovering the right stories for the right audiences so executives, leaders, public speakers, and job seekers can clearly and actively demonstrate their character, values, and vision."
In my work with coaching clients, I guide people to improve their communication using storytelling as the foundation of our work together. What I’ve realized over years of coaching and podcasting is that the majority of people don’t realize the impact of the stories they share - on their internal messages, and on the people they’re sharing them with.
My work with leaders and people who aspire to be leaders follows a similar path to the interviews on my podcast, uncovering pivotal moments in their lives and learning how to share them to connect more authentically with others, to make their presentations and speaking more engaging, to reveal patterns that have kept them stuck or moved them forward, and to improve their relationships at work and at home.
The audiobook, Your Stories Don’t Define You, How You Tell Them Will is now available!
Included with your purchase are two bonus tracks, songs recorded by Sarah's band, Spare Change, in her living room in Montana.
219: The Best Teachers Continue to Learn
Discovering Clarity One Bite at a Time course is now available.
Kimberly Davis on Self-Reflection & Personal Growth
Tune in as Sarah Elkins and founder of the Brave Leadership University, Kimberly Davis, discuss the tools to grow as a teacher and person. Sarah and Kimberly dive into overcoming roadblocks and the journey of mindfulness in every situation to achieve clarity. Listen to the latest episode of Your Stories Don’t Define You today!
Highlights from this episode include:
Kimberly’s story of finding clarity through self-reflection.
Understanding mindfulness.
Learning to count on yourself.
“I was my own biggest roadblock. Since then it has become so much better.”
*podcast show notes contributed by Tracy Ackeret
About Kimberly:
Kimberly Davis is the founder of the Brave Leadership University through which she shares her inspirational message of leadership, personal power, responsibility and impact world-wide.
Kimberly teaches for SMU Cox School of Business' Executive Education Program and their Latino Leadership Initiative; as well as for the Bush Institute's WE Lead program (empowering female leaders from the middle east). Kimberly is a TEDx speaker and her award-winning book, Brave Leadership: Unleash Your Most Confident, Authentic, and Powerful Self to Get the Results You Need was named the #1 book to read on Inc. Magazine’s “The most impactful books to read in 2018.”
Visit Kimberly’s LinkedIn and the Brave Leadership University Website to learn more!
ABOUT SARAH:
"Uncovering the right stories for the right audiences so executives, leaders, public speakers, and job seekers can clearly and actively demonstrate their character, values, and vision."
In my work with coaching clients, I guide people to improve their communication using storytelling as the foundation of our work together. What I’ve realized over years of coaching and podcasting is that the majority of people don’t realize the impact of the stories they share - on their internal messages, and on the people they’re sharing them with.
My work with leaders and people who aspire to be leaders follows a similar path to the interviews on my podcast, uncovering pivotal moments in their lives and learning how to share them to connect more authentically with others, to make their presentations and speaking more engaging, to reveal patterns that have kept them stuck or moved them forward, and to improve their relationships at work and at home.
The audiobook, Your Stories Don’t Define You, How You Tell Them Will is now available!
Included with your purchase are two bonus tracks, songs recorded by Sarah's band, Spare Change, in her living room in Montana.
218: How Does Identity Change? What Stories Delineate the Before & After
Jenifer Gursky: Breaking the Box
Jenifer Gursky didn't show up as a missionary in Cambodia with clear knowledge of its history or the trauma its people had recently endured.
And she didn't show up as a Montana state legislator with a clear delineation between her faith and her politics.
And that's the beauty of the complexity of humanity.
213: What Are Your Best Mentor Stories?
What can we learn from our bosses? What does leadership amongst women look like?
In this special episode of Your Stories Don’t Define, How You Tell Them Will, Sarah is joined by Women’s Leadership Network Helena’s Marley, Danyel, and Ashley as they discuss the impact their bosses have had in their work and lives, whether it be good or bad.
205: Women Supporting Women, Featuring Harpreet Ghumman
What are you going to do to help other women amplify their voices?
Tune into this captivating discussion between Sarah Elkins and Harpreet Ghumman, Executive Coach, D & I Strategist, Business Mentor, and Speaker, about living an authentic life and helping guide other women with their own. This conversation unpacks the power behind stepping up for others, beyond listening to their stories but mentoring the ones who need us most.