Sean  Buvala  at storyteller.net has written an awesome post on using stories for apologies and healing.  He says that “Storytelling can be used for many different applications. One of the most difficult, but needed, application of storytelling is to express reconciliation, repentance and recompense.”
Sean lists five steps that help create a story of redemption:
1. Always tell [...]

 
 
Recently, I was fascinated by an NBC Dateline documentary spotlighting the singing star, Taylor Swift.  What compelled me to pay attention and watch the whole hour twice was the authenticity from which this dynamo of a performer and businesswoman lives her life and runs her productions.
 
At 19 years of age, she runs the whole show; [...]

 
I heard this on the radio today, “Great Leadership begins with the ability to level with people.” That’s another way of saying we must be transparent to be effective as leaders.
I just heard Obama criticized for going to Cairo to “apologize” for American behavior. It might just be that he was being transparent – leveling [...]