Lead with Narrative: Leadership Storytelling Training Workshop

Amplify your influence in an increasingly complex environment with a leadership storytelling training — guided by a master change facilitator.

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Learn Foundational Executive & Leadership Storytelling Skills

Gain the tactics and tools to communicate your vision and organization’s strategic messaging clearly and authentically.

Get Applied Practice and Feedback From Your Peers

Develop an appreciation for story as a means to influence and persuade — and share your experiences for maximum effect.

Identify Practical Ways to Implement Your Insights

Collaborate on developing practical and actionable next steps to level up your leadership team’s communications impact.

Introducing leadership Storytelling Training Workshop

Build your influence beyond authority through executive level storytelling.

While you possess formal authority, today's critical leadership challenges — driving transformation, building culture, aligning cross-functional teams, and engaging external stakeholders—require more sophisticated influence than position alone can provide.

Through research-backed frameworks and executive-level practice, you'll master the narrative techniques used by celebrated leaders like Steve Jobs, Howard Schultz, and Indra Nooyi to create emotional resonance that drives action across organizational boundaries.

Unlike general communication training, this experience focuses specifically on the high-stakes storytelling challenges unique to senior leaders: articulating strategic vision that inspires genuine commitment, building culture through consistent narratives, influencing boards and investors, and cascading aligned stories throughout your organization.

You will leave with immediately applicable storytelling insights for your most pressing leadership challenges: gaining buy-in for strategic shifts, accelerating cross-functional collaboration, building organizational resilience during uncertainty, and developing narrative leadership capacity within their teams.

The workshop delivers particular value for executive teams navigating significant transitions, entering new markets, or driving transformation initiatives where success depends on voluntary alignment rather than compliance alone.

why a Business Storytelling Training Workshop?

Unlock the power of emotional intelligence to strengthen your leadership impact.

The business landscape has fundamentally changed:

  • Flatter organizations mean decisions happen through influence, not hierarchy

  • Remote and hybrid work has reduced the impact of physical presence

  • Information overload makes traditional communication less effective

  • Multi-generational workforces respond to different leadership approaches

  • Complex transformations require voluntary commitment, not just compliance

Research shows that leaders skilled in strategic storytelling drive 2.6x better alignment on key initiatives and complete transformational change 31% faster than those relying on traditional communication approaches.


"The ability to articulate strategy through compelling narrative is now the defining characteristic of exceptional leadership. It's no longer optional."

– Harvard Business Review

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING

"Jordan's leadership storytelling workshop challenged us perfectly.”

Karen Stanton, Chief Marketing Officer, IFF

Our 1-day workshop offers an efficient, high-ROI opportunity to equip teams with one of the most important leadership skills in business today—the ability to drive meaningful action through the power of storytelling.

This is not general communication training. Our executive-focused approach is:

  • Specifically designed for senior leaders facing complex influence challenges

  • Research-backed with case studies from over 200 top-performing executive teams

  • Immediately applicable to your current strategic priorities

  • Focused on narrative as a strategic tool, not just a presentation skill

  • Peer-based collaborative learning that engages your team in solving shared challenges

  • Tailored to your leadership context through in-depth pre-workshop assessment

Why Choose This Leadership Storytelling Training Workshop?

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

“Jordan's prep and delivery was top-notch. This isn't just another training—it's a fundamental shift in how we connect with our clients and stakeholders, so we can drive improved results.”

Chief Operating Officer, Mid-Market Turnaround Consultancy

immediate application and insight

Collaborate with your team to improve your real leadership strategic narratives.

Together with your team, you will work to improve how you deliver and accelerate a real, mission-critical leadership narrative. We conduct detailed research to guide you to the right narrative for this workshop.

1. Vision Narratives

  • Create compelling future stories that inspire voluntary commitment

  • Articulate strategy in ways that create emotional resonance

  • Design narratives that cascade naturally throughout your organization

2. Transformation Narratives

  • Frame change in ways that reduce resistance and accelerate adoption

  • Balance tension between current reality and future possibility

  • Create psychological safety during uncertainty

3. Culture Narratives

  • Build shared identity through consistent storytelling

  • Reinforce values through narrative rather than declaration

  • Create a storytelling culture that extends your influence

4. Stakeholder Narratives

  • Influence boards, investors, and partners without relying on position

  • Build narrative bridges across organizational boundaries

  • Develop stories that external stakeholders willingly amplify

What to Expect

Workshop Overview: 1-Day Leadership Storytelling Training

Our structure balances conceptual understanding with extensive practice, ensuring participants leave with increased awareness and concrete skills they can immediately apply to their real-world influence challenges.


Morning Session:
Foundations and Fundamentals

Understand the applicability and value of leadership storytelling

  • The Science of Executive Influence: Research on why stories work at a neurological level

  • Case Analysis: Decode the narrative strategies of exceptional leaders

  • Strategic Narrative Assessment: Identify your current influence challenges

  • Facilitated Discussions: Build foundation for afternoon breakthroughts

Afternoon Session:
Application and Mastery

Apply new insights immediately to improve the impact of real leadership comms

  • Story Crafting Lab: Develop your own strategic narratives with expert guidance

  • Delivery Mastery: Techniques for authentic communication under pressure

  • Resistance Management: Transform objections through narrative reframing

  • Influence Strategy: Create a 90-day narrative plan for your most pressing challenge

Who Attends Our Storytelling Training for Leaders & Executives

Jordan Bower facilitates a group business storytelling workshop activity at a storytelling training for teams in New York City

This workshop delivers exceptional value for:

  • CEOs and Executive Teams seeking to accelerate strategic alignment

  • Senior Leaders navigating significant organizational change

  • Newly Promoted Executives transitioning from functional to enterprise leadership

  • Board-Facing Leaders who need to influence without authority

  • Cross-Functional Leaders responsible for matrix organizations

Outcomes Your Team Can Expect

Executives who complete this workshop consistently report:

  • Faster alignment on strategic initiatives across their organizations

  • Reduced resistance to change and transformation efforts

  • More cohesive executive team communication

  • Enhanced ability to influence external stakeholders

  • Improved cascade of key messages throughout organizational layers

  • Greater personal impact in high-stakes leadership moments

  • Improved personal positioning for career progression

"Our executive team now speaks with one voice, not because we're reading from the same script, but because we've mastered the architecture of strategic narrative."

– CMO, Retail Organization

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About Your Leadership Storytelling Training Facilitator, Jordan Bower

Jordan Bower brings over 15 years of expertise in leadership storytelling training to your team. His unique approach combines deep emotional intelligence with strategic business acumen, helping organizations navigate complex change through the power of narrative.

Jordan has worked with more than 200 organizations across sectors, from Fortune 500 companies to innovative startups, bringing a rare blend of:

  • Strategic Insight: Connecting narrative to business outcomes

  • Emotional Intelligence: Uncovering the human dimensions of communication

  • Creative Facilitation: Creating engaging, participatory learning experiences

  • Change Expertise: Helping teams navigate transformation effectively

Jordan’s expertise spans industries.

Jordan Bower has worked with 200+ organizational clients, including Fortune 500 companies, governments, non-profits & innovative startups like:

Leadership Storytelling Training Frequently Asked Questions


  • Most leadership communication training focuses on presentation delivery or message structure. Our leadership storytelling training addresses the deeper strategic challenge: how to develop and deploy narratives that drive organizational transformation. We focus on the cognitive and emotional dimensions of leadership storytelling, not just delivery techniques.

  • Through our confidential executive discovery process, we identify your team's specific strategic challenges, stakeholder dynamics, and transformation objectives. The program incorporates your actual strategic priorities and leadership challenges, ensuring immediate relevance and application.

  • Executive teams consistently report three key outcomes: accelerated stakeholder alignment, enhanced change leadership capabilities, and more authentic leadership presence. Leaders develop practical narrative tools they can apply immediately to their most pressing strategic challenges.

  • Yes. We've designed specialized versions of our workshop for virtual delivery that maintain high engagement and impact. Our virtual workshops utilize collaborative digital tools, breakout sessions, and specially designed activities that create meaningful interaction despite the digital format. Many clients choose a hybrid approach, with initial in-person workshops followed by virtual integration sessions.

  • Yes. I personally facilitate all workshops to ensure consistent quality and depth. For enterprise-level engagements that involve multiple workshops, Jordan leads the core program while occasionally bringing in carefully selected and trained associates for supporting components. This ensures the unique blend of emotional intelligence and strategic insight that defines our approach is present in every engagement.

  • Post-workshop support varies by package but typically includes implementation guidance materials, follow-up check-in sessions, leadership coaching options, and access to additional resources. Our $25,000 package includes two structured follow-up sessions and 90 days of implementation support. We believe real transformation happens after the workshop, which is why we emphasize sustainable integration into your team's actual work.

  • We establish clear success metrics during the discovery phase based on your specific goals. Common measurements include before/after assessments of stakeholder engagement, time-to-decision on key initiatives, team alignment scores, and qualitative feedback from key audiences. Clients typically see measurable improvement in the first 30 days, with significant transformation occurring over 90 days as new approaches are integrated into regular workflows.

  • Absolutely. Many clients begin with a single team workshop that demonstrates tangible results, then expand to a broader organizational approach. Our enterprise transformation program is specifically designed to embed new narrative capabilities across departments, creating organizational alignment and consistent stakeholder experiences. We've helped organizations implement storytelling as a core strategic competency that drives innovation, alignment, and external impact.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

"The greatest leaders don't rely solely on their position—they shape reality through the stories they tell. This workshop finally reveals how they do it."

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Transform your impact with a Storytelling Training for your Leadership Team.

Schedule a confidential consultation to discuss how a leadership storytelling training can address your specific challenges and create lasting organizational impact.


Based in Vancouver, Canada, Jordan serves executive and leadership teams globally through both virtual and in-person leadership storytelling training workshops.