Podcast

Sarah ElRaheb-Dagher on the art of storytelling for lawyers

Building relationships, motivating teams, and driving change

Sarah ElRaheb-Dagher—educator, leadership coach, and pedagogy specialist at Harvard Kennedy School—reflects on how storytelling taught her about the power of education, understanding others, and finding her voice. Discover how Sarah’s openness and vulnerability has allowed her to connect with others and become a values-based leader.

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Defining personal values and inspiring others

In this episode, Sarah discusses how to craft effective stories to ultimately drive change. She explains that storytelling is one of the most powerful tools at an executive’s disposal because it can convey authenticity and your personal values while motivating your teams to take action.

Part of the art of storytelling is thinking about how do I paint visual moments of challenge, of hurt, of choice that bring me to where I am today? And how do I communicate those in such a way that it's accessible and it's also concise?

Transcript

Lori Lorenzo: Welcome to Resilient. I'm Lori Lorenzo, Deloitte's research and insights director for our Chief Legal Officer Program and host of the Resilient Chief Legal Officer track.

What does it mean to be a values-based leader, and how do you help others to connect with your values? You tell stories about the moments that shaped you. In this episode, Sarah ElRaheb-Dagher, educator, leadership coach, and pedagogy specialist at Harvard Kennedy School, reflects on how storytelling taught her about the power of education, understanding others, and finding her voice.

Sarah kicks off our legal influencer series, a subseries of the Resilient CLO track, that focuses on leaders who have interesting and important skills and insights that CLOs can use to support their own professional journeys.

As our first legal influencer guest, Sarah shares how legal executives can use storytelling as an effective tool to build relationships, motivate teams, and drive change.

Sarah ElRaheb-Dagher: Part of the art of storytelling is thinking about how do I paint visual moments of challenge, of hurt, of choice that bring me to where I am today? And how do I communicate those in such a way that it's accessible and it's also concise?

Lori Lorenzo: I hope you enjoyed this preview. For the full episode, go to your favorite podcast app and search “resilient.” You can listen on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Spotify, or wherever you go to get your podcasts. If you’re curious about legal leadership and trends that are impacting today’s in-house counsel, I encourage you to visit our Chief Legal Officer Program site on deloitte.com.

Until next time, stay safe and remain resilient.

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