Creating Three Fundamental Stories That Define Your Identity: Success, Failure and Passion Stories Question Bank

Creating Three Fundamental Stories That Define Your Identity: Success, Failure and Passion Stories Question Bank

For Coaches, Facilitators and Leaders

Supporting Meaningful Conversations About Success, Failure, and Passion Stories

"The one thing in life that can never be taken away from you is your learning."

200+ Questions to Open, Deepen, and Guide The Stories That Define Identity 

This question bank provides 200+ ready-to-use questions designed to help coaches, facilitators, and leaders open, deepen, and guide conversations with clients or colleagues seeking to discover and craft their three fundamental WorkLife stories—Success, Failure, and Passion narratives that define professional identity and create authentic connection.

Ten Essential Conversation Frameworks:

1. Opening WorkLife Storytelling Conversations – Questions that help clients or colleagues explore their relationship with personal narratives
2. Discovering Your Success Story – Questions for identifying and crafting narratives of achievement and accomplishment
3. Discovering Your Failure Story – Questions for finding and framing narratives of setback and learning
4. Discovering Your Passion Story – Questions for articulating what truly engages and motivates you
5. Crafting Powerful Beginnings – Questions about the six elements that hook attention in story openings
6. Creating Engaging Middles – Questions about the five elements that maintain connection through story development
7. Building Memorable Endings – Questions about the five elements that reinforce central themes and create lasting impact
8. Adapting Stories to Context – Questions for matching narratives to different audiences and situations
9. Overcoming Storytelling Resistance – Questions for working with discomfort around personal narratives
10. Supporting Others' Story Development – Questions for facilitating storytelling mastery and holding space for story development

Throughout the question bank, questions are organised by professional development purpose, allowing you to quickly find language that fits your client’s or colleague’s current moment. Each section includes questions that invite exploration, helping others discover their own clarity about the three fundamental stories that define their WorkLife identity.

This resource stands alone as a practical tool for immediate use in professional development sessions, with deeper exploration of WorkLife storytelling available in School of WorkLife's The Art of WorkLife Storytelling: Creating Three Fundamental Stories That Define Your Identity.

One-time purchase. Unlimited professional use in individual and group settings.