{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Once Upon a Business","title":"Storytelling Stokes Business (Sharon Richmond)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1944,"description":"This special episode features Lisa’s guest appearance on To Lead Is Human hosted by Sharon Richmond. Lisa tells a story of monkeys trying to rescue the moon — which she and Sharon discuss as a metaphor for the danger of not checking assumptions and ignoring quieter voices in the organization. Story Coach Lisa Bloom is the go-to expert on business story-telling. For decades she’s helped entrepreneurs master this important but overlooked skill. In Once Upon a Business, she’s turning her attention from the craft of storytelling to the stories themselves — the densely evocative folk and fairy tales that we’re all exposed to. In each episode of Once Upon a Business, Lisa tells a fairy or folk tale and then extracts rich business lessons that are applicable for entrepreneurs of all stripes. As she puts it, a tiny tale of nine sentences can encompass worlds. So, come now. Gather around the fire. Lisa’s about to begin…. “The moon has fallen into the water! If we do not rescue it immediately, the night sky will be doomed forever to darkness!” — Lisa Bloom For more than 30 years, Sharon Richmond has partnered with C-level executives from mid-size and small, fast-growing companies who want to up-level their leadership and build companies they are proud of. Clients accelerate their leadership by embracing mindset and behavior changes, building self-awareness and self-management skills, and focusing on the three things all leaders must ensure: focus, energy and delivery. Sharon’s purpose as an executive coach is to help leaders 10X their impact by leveraging the power afforded by their roles to build organizations that are forces for good, both economically and socially. She also advises CEOs on shaping organization culture and leading change. Sharon has taught leadership at Stanford GSB, where she now helps leaders increase influence, manage conflict, and prepare to build high-performing teams. To see a list of Sharon’s clients, please visit LeadingLarge.com. Following a...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ip-ldy2hMs6d4lKySTuzs1J6Vb2cdZc92f8OY68Qf2c/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85NjQy/NjU2YTY3YTNhNjFl/YzBiZDUwMjU2YzZm/ODdkNy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}