Intention, Not Attention

"Leadership is about telling a compelling story.

Make sure your story is more fact than fiction."

Darrell Haemer

Leadership requires the ability to illustrate productive movement that enhances the student. Sharing our experience to illustrate a point is an easier way to teach than using a text book with hard facts.  Students relate better and remember longer a personal story.

Shared stories should illustrate facts each student will be able to use.  The facts will be remembered as they are laced through the illustration.  If the leader takes off on a tangent, the entire point of the conversation may be lost.

While educating through personal story, be certain to highlight the important parts as they unfold.  Be prepared to have the ending to summarize or reflect the point to be made.  The educator can then turn to those being taught, and ask for feed back about how they might have done things differently or what other outcomes could have materialized.  Stories about personal experiences do not require additional fiction.  Share with intention not for attention.