for executives and senior leaders
The Authentic Leadership Storytelling Training™
Let the robots lead like robots. This leadership storytelling training helps you communicate context, urgency, and value by connecting your message, your strategy and your heart.
200+
Business Teams Trained
20
Max Participants
1/2 - 1 Day
In-person or virtual
leadership storytelling training clients include:
Leadership Storytelling Training Overview
Put down the formulas, the scripts and the playbooks. Your AI is already great at summarizing emails and publishing reports. What it can’t do is communicate trust, context, or meaning — the human qualities that lead directly to buy-in, urgency and alignment. That’s where leadership storytelling comes in.
Much more than a presentation skill, leadership storytelling is the ability to use techniques like narrative, empathy and creativity to develop strong, memorable messages that drive understanding and action.
The goal of this storytelling training is to help leadership teams see your real, current leadership messages through a storytelling lens. By diving deeper into the emotional and relational aspects of communicating, you will identify simple adjustments that immediately improve your clarity, resonance, and leadership impact.
This is leadership storytelling for a changing world: focused on developing the skill of communicating from your authentic presence rather than performance, so you can offer trusted, visionary guidance through uncertainty, disruption and transformation.
Key topics include:
Find your authentic leadership voice:
Move beyond corporate speak to communication that actually connects and inspiresStay calm and clear under pressure:
Lead confidently even when you don't have all the answers or the situation is uncertainTurn complex strategy into compelling stories:
Help people understand and care about your vision in human termsBuild real trust and buy-in:
Lean into vulnerability to create connection that makes people want to follow your leadNavigate difficult conversations with confidence:
Address resistance, uncertainty, and change with authentic power and authority
“The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller. The storyteller sets the values, vision, and agenda of an entire generation to come.”
Steve Jobs
Workshop benefits
Leadership Storytelling Training that transforms people, not presentations.
Small Executive Groups
Maximum 20 senior leaders for personalized attention and peer learning
Tailored to your Team
Content customized to business context, stakeholders, and communication obstacles
Real Scenario Practice
Work on your actual leadership challenges, not hypothetical case studies
Live Coaching in the Moment
Get immediate feedback while working through strategy, tactics, and actions.
Interactive and Experiential
Learn by doing, making mistakes, and having breakthroughs as a leadership team
Action Plans & Follow-up Support
Implementation resources and optional coaching to ensure lasting behavior change
Storytelling Training Structure
How The Storytelling Workshop Works
Interactive, experiential sessions designed specifically for senior leaders who need to connect authentically to motivate and guide teams through complexity and change.
Morning Session: Key Concepts, Ideas and Examples
Introductory exercises explore the how and why behind storytelling, expanding your definition to include the emotions and attitudes being communicated — not just the words that are being said
Structured examples reinforce this key insight in formats that are appropriate to your team, such as presentations, pitches, Powerpoint decks, writing, video, etc.
Collaborative exercises identify key areas for individual and collective improvement, building buy-in and momentum for sustainable change
Afternoon Session: Practice, Next Steps and Inspiration
Real case studies chosen in advance allow leaders to put their new insights into immediate practice, giving and receiving individualized feedback
Expert coaching and recommendations helps you build creative problem sovling muscles and hidden obstacles to change
Collaborative goal-setting allows you to identify achievable next steps and align around 30/60/90 day commitments
Engaging facilitation leaves you motivated and equipped to sustain your learning.
“Jordan really connected perfectly with where the team was at, challenged us perfectly and left us with a revived energy and call to action to tell stories with form and purposeful function. I'm super grateful!! Thanks again – what a joy!"
— Karen Stanton, Chief Marketing Officer, International Flavors and Fragrances
who attends
Tailored to your team’s priorities.
Leadership storytelling workshop perfect for senior leaders navigating strategic communication obstacles that demand authentic authority.
Executive Teams
Align on vision, communicate major changes, or present to boards and investors.
Transformation Leaders
Inspire genuine buy-in, overcome resistance and lead through uncertainty
Cross-Functional Leaders
Collaborate across silos and create alignment and buy-in without formal authority.
Innovation Leaders
Build enthusiasm and support for ideas that think differently about what's possible.
Growth-Stage Leaders
Scale, communicate strategy and vision, and maintain authentic culture and values
Crisis Leadership Teams
communicate stability and direction when traditional playbooks no longer apply.
Looking for a storytelling workshop tailored to functional or cross-functional teams?
Meet Your Workshop Facilitator
For 15 years, Jordan Bower has been a leader in the movement towards more authentic, engaging and effective communication at work. As the founder of Transformational Storytelling, Inc., Jordan has taught next-level leadership communication skills to more than 200 organizational teams. He has experience across industries and has worked with a wide range of organization functions, from execs to sales, marketing, ops, product, change management, data analytics and beyond. His diverse client portfolio has included Fortune 500 companies across multiple industries (Autodesk, Rakuten, Johnson & Johnson, IFF), technology companies from startups to enterprise level (Criteo, Vizier, Mozilla, Pleo), professional services firms and consulting organizations (CR3, Canada Life, CIBC) and government agencies implementing transformation initiatives.
Mixed-Level Audience Expertise
Jordan regularly works with teams spanning organizational hierarchies, including:
Executives (C-suite, VPs and Directors) communicating strategy in clear engaging terms
Technical teams (engineers, data scientists, IT) translating complex solutions into business language
Project managers aligning diverse teams around shared goals
Sales & marketing teams creating genuine connection beyond feature pitching
Finance & analytics teams translating data into compelling decision-driving narratives
Operations teams implementing new processes and overcoming resistance
HR & people teams communicating culture change and organizational shifts
Workshop Investment
All workshops include pre-work assessment, customized materials, and follow-up resources.
Half-Day Intensive
Perfect for immediate impact
$10,000
4-hour focused session
Core authentic storytelling foundations
Quick-win communication tools
Up to 20 participants
Full Day Deep Dive
Begin a leadership transformation
$20,000
Complete 8-hour immersive experience
Comprehensive toolkit for authentic authority
Real business scenario practice
Post-workshop integration resources
Workshop + Integration
Sustain behavior change
$35,000
Everything in Full Day package
Follow-up coaching sessions
Custom communication templates
90-day support for lasting transformation
Satisfaction Guarantee
If your team doesn't experience a meaningful shift in how you communicate, I'll stay involved at no extra cost until we get it right.
If I can’t get it right, I’ll refund your budget.
Why Leadership Storytelling Matters
Address The Leadership Communication Crisis
84% of employees don't trust their leadership communications during change
67% of transformation initiatives fail due to poor leadership communication
58% of executives report feeling inauthentic in their leadership communications
The cost of ineffective communication:
Failed change initiatives costing millions
High-potential talent leaving due to poor leadership connection
Innovation stagnation from psychological unsafe environments
Board and investor confidence erosion
Team disengagement during critical periods
“I was nervous as we intended for it to be disruptive. Seems like we hit a nerve in a good way. I've heard everything from ‘best speaker ever’ to ‘this was long overdue.’ Jordan’s prep and delivery was top notch and I will happily serve as a reference going forward.
Eileen Frino, COO, CR3 Partners
Let’s Connect
Ready to lead with authentic leadership storytelling?
Jordan personally facilitates all leadership workshops and works with only 8 executive teams per year.
Limited availability: Q3 & Q4 2025 workshops
Frequently Asked Questions
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Most executive communication training teaches polished delivery techniques and formulaic messaging. We help senior leaders communicate authentically while achieving strategic objectives. Instead of corporate scripts, you learn to work with your natural leadership presence and emotional intelligence. The result? Communication that builds trust, drives alignment, and creates genuine followership.
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Absolutely. We've adapted our methodology specifically for virtual executive teams using advanced facilitation techniques, breakout coaching sessions, and collaborative digital tools. The intimate nature of leadership development actually translates well to virtual environments when done expertly. Many teams choose hybrid approaches — virtual foundation plus in-person integration.
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The primary outcome is a shift in perspective in how to communicate key, current leadership messages — as well as more holistic learning about how to communicate effectively as a leader across all messages, in today’s disruptive times. This learning can apply broadly across multiple forms of communication, including writing, speaking, videos, decks, etc.
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This leadership storytelling workshop often serves as an entry point for leaders interested in deeper organizational change. It provides a foundation that naturally leads to coaching relationships and more comprehensive transformation initiatives.
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Many analytical, results-driven leaders initially question the emotional intelligence components. However, neuroscience confirms that all decision-making is emotional, and stakeholders respond to authenticity rather than perfection. We frame everything through business impact and practical results. The "inner work" is simply developing the self-awareness that makes external communication more effective.