The best strategic tool for workplace culture is storytelling. Why? Because change for the better doesn’t always happen from a logical headspace—it happens from the heart.

Genevieve Georget, executive editor at Round Table Companies, discusses the different ways vulnerability plays a crucial role in leadership storytelling. Georget provides tips on how CEOs and business leaders can overcome their own “vulnerability hangovers” and lead with their best and most authentic selves.

Storytelling is what binds us together like the threads of a tapestry. If you want to tell your story, know that this power to transform is already inside you.

Excavating the story within is a laborious, intense, and sometimes painful process. This creative birth requires a certain kind of storytelling support.

Sometimes, it can feel challenging to write your story while you’re unsure of the ending, and yet, the act of wrestling with your story can be an empowering part of the journey and lead you to a surprising reward.

When we started this work on the Academy, I did not think I would be contributing to a masterpiece, or to hundreds and hundreds of them—all worthy of a portrait to be painted, a story to be shared.

Be the artist I seek. Corey Blake heard his call to adventure long before he accepted it. As founder and CEO of Round Table Companies, Corey tells us why he believes Round Table Storytelling Academy is his 250-year-contribution to the long arc of time.

When Mary joined the Academy, she landed in a safe and supportive storytelling environment where participants listened intently.

A woman who cherishes her family has finally found the love that little girls dream of, when insurmountable loss forces her to rely on others’ belief until she can believe in herself again.

A Chicago girl raised amidst bloodshed, bad memories, and volcanic eruptions is guided by a prayer warrior grandmother to step out of her comfort zone, become a chosen vessel, and raise her family with God in the building.

When his fiancé walks out after five years, a young man trapped in the loneliness of the pandemic is forced to ask himself if his west Texas childhood held his best years, or if God still has a purpose for his life.