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Storying the Self for Leadership and Creativity

University of Colorado Boulder

If you're looking to delve into the intersection of personal storytelling, leadership, and creativity, the Storying the Self for Leadership and Creativity course is your gateway. Across diverse media forms, you'll explore the power of stories in shaping identities and influencing equity and inclusion. Through reflective exercises and engagement with others' narratives, you'll gain a deeper understanding of how life experiences and identities impact leadership and creativity. This specialization offers a transformative journey of introspection and self-expression, fostering the skills needed for effective leadership and creative expression in today's diverse and dynamic world.

  • Reflect on how life experiences and identities shape leadership and creativity
  • Analyze the nuanced contexts of race, gender, and class for equity and inclusion
  • Engage in active listening and empathy towards others' life stories
  • Receive constructive feedback to enhance storytelling and creative expression

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Storying the Self for Leadership and Creativity
Course Modules

The course modules offer a transformative journey through reflection, active listening, and sharing life stories, enabling participants to understand and harness the power of storytelling for personal and professional growth.

Storying the Self: How Stories Shape our Identities

Reflect on how our own life experiences and identities have shaped us as leaders and creators. Connect course material to our lives, including prior knowledge and experiences. Analyze life story texts/media.

Storying the Self: (Re)Claiming our Voices

Engage active listening towards others’ life stories with empathy and curiosity. Identify the interaction between sociocultural and interpersonal dynamics in life stories. Value our own life experiences and identities as leaders and creators.

Storying the Self: Telling our Stories

Ask for and receive feedback on our work. Reflect on the ways narratives shift over time and evolving life experiences. Be ready to share our stories publicly.

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