Your leadership story is already written

(you just need to tell it)

Many managers have an impressive list of skills… but what happens when someone asks you: What was the hardest moment in your career, and how did you solve it? If this question blocks you, I’m sure you don’t lack skills. You lack clear stories.

In leadership roles, you’re not evaluated only by what you know, but by how you think and make decisions under uncertainty. And that can’t be measured through course lists — it’s revealed through stories: launches, conflicts, failures, pivots… a path that isn’t built by adding skills, but by turning experiences into narratives that show how you think, who you are, and how you act.

When you collect good stories: well-structured, aligned with the problems companies want to solve, supported by metrics, you stop being just another manager and become someone with a clear narrative of impact and learning. And who wouldn’t want someone like that as a colleague or leader? The art of communication is one of the two most important skills a leader can develop.

Think about it… a leader is rarely the most technical person, the most creative, or the one with the longest list of courses. What sets them apart is something deeper: a collection of decisions that reveal their judgment, presence, and ability to communicate and drive teams and decisions forward.

I’ve been lucky to learn throughout my career from very good and very bad leaders. I can’t give names or clues, but I respect all of them. They showed me which ways of being, which judgments, and which actions truly move people through trust, passion, and a genuine desire to help your team grow. Judgment is not something you can learn from a book. It’s a consequence of something deeper: the true desire to grow with your team toward goals greater than yourself.

And here’s the final idea: leadership stories are not born from success, but from difficulty. It’s there, in that uncomfortable territory, where judgment is forged. It’s where your real professional story begins.

You don’t need more skills. You need to shape the experiences you’ve already lived and expose yourself to new ones! Because your stories don’t just explain who you are today… they reveal who you are becoming. And in leadership, that means everything.