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Karen Eber: Use Storytelling to Help Judicial Leaders Build Trust and Move Decisions
Summary
In a Federal Judicial Center podcast, Karen Eber argues that judicial leaders should pair data with purposeful storytelling to build empathy, trust and clearer decision-making; she offers a four-part story structure and a practical toolkit for leaders to capture and test stories.
Karen Eber, CEO of Eber Leadership Group and author of The Perfect Story, told listeners on the Federal Judicial Center podcast In Session: Leading the Judiciary that leaders who pair data with purposeful storytelling are more likely to build trust and secure desired outcomes. "Stories have a compounding effect," Eber said, adding that stories help people remember values and follow leadership when leaders are not present.
Eber, a consultant to organizations including GE, Deloitte and HP, said leaders often push back on storytelling for two reasons: a fear of appearing vulnerable and a belief that presentations must be purely data-driven. She described small experiments—sharing a brief, genuine story and watching audience reaction—as a way to overcome that resistance. "The stories allow people to come to…
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