How to find and embrace your leadership voice to spur growth

Sophie Wadsworth is an executive coach, writer, and nonprofit consultant. She has a passion for helping mission-focused leaders tell their personal and organizational stories. Previously Sophie worked as an adjunct professor of English and, for over fifteen years, served as a nonprofit executive and public speaker.

Drawing on her leadership and storytelling expertise, she coaches leaders to develop their stories and craft inspiring communications for keynote audiences, community stakeholders, and prospective funders.

Sophie is the author of a collection of poems, Letters from Siberia, and was recently chosen as a storyteller for WGBH’s Stories from the Stage, an award-winning WORLD channel series.

In this episode, she shares how we can find and embrace our leadership voice to spur business growth. Insights she shares include:

• Why do some people believe that they don't have any stories worth telling
• Why do leaders need to find and develop their leadership voice
• Is storytelling part art and part science
• What distinguishes a leadership voice from others
• How to listen and be conscious of the stories around us
• The best way to record stories without it being obvious
• How to overcome hangups with being vulnerable and yet developing the culture we want to see
• How to go about developing your leadership voice with examples
• How to develop a leadership voice that speaks to different personalities
• Key elements we need to develop in our leadership voice
• How to steal from those we admire to develop and grow our own voice
• and much much more ...