Our proposition is straightforward: story rests at the heart of what each of us does or imagines doing. We thrive when we own, trust, and follow the aspirational guide of our story.
Achieving goals, being who you desire to be, or creating an authentic, creative, and collaborative work culture is made real through and by applying story.
Whether it is your individual story or the company's narrative—story reveals intention and provides sense-making and direction for what must be done to make that intention a reality.
We all want to be somebody, and that somebody happens and thrives through an individual story.
This is why all of our work rest under an umbrella of we call: StoryThriving™
How We Serve
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We offer straight-forward coaching and consulting services that fall into a few general areas:
Each serves to have you, your team, or your organization thrives. Executive and Leadership Coaching is just that, but with the twist of using story and intent as the grounding to achieve goals, strengthen leadership presence, and make intent an aspiration become a reality. Getting Your Story Straight rests the heart of Naridus's work. Everyone wants to be somebody and build a life of meaning and significance—whether career or otherwise. And that pathway to achieving this goal is by knowing, telling, and trusting your story. It's remarkable how few people can tell their story in a concise and integrated manner regardless of age or standing. Our programs, workshops, and talks do just this. We help clients reveal their stories and use them to change their lives. These are stories that reflect an achievable future founded on past experiences and guiding beliefs, which provide the sense-making to do what needs to be done in the present to make their intentions and "who they want to be" happen That's what we do. And we do this because we believe that the more people who are attuned to their stories, the more likely they will thrive. And when others thrive, we all thrive. To do this, we provide programs that can be experienced individually or in groups, that run from a few hours to being strategically spaced over a few months. The Naridus StoryThriving™ programs are geared for anyone working to sort out and strengthen their presence, build confidence, and shape their futures. These efforts are also particularly relevant and essential for young adults who are making critical careers and life choices. All efforts are hands-on, concrete, and rich with meaning. And can be conducted effectively via video chats, and, of course, face-to-face. |
 Through Story You Thrive
Story and Culture And, in terms of organizational culture, we offer a model for understanding your organization that serves as an antidote to common workplace maladies that affect productivity, talent retention, best practices, fruitful collaboration, and innovation and spark. Our approach reveals the organization as fundamentally being narrative-based. This organizational narrative articulates who you are, why you do what you do, reveals your history, and importantly how this intent gives rise to what needs to be done, and how your staff brings their stories, aspirations, and talents to your firm to take up roles that lead them and your organization to success. Culture is built on and through your story. It's that simple but requires trusting who you say you are and want to be. |
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NARIDUS
FRANK LEHNER
Principle |
FAHMIDA HOSSAIN, PhD(C) HEC-C
Faciliator, Content Developer, Diversity CONSULTANT |
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Frank Lehner is an executive coach, facilitator, educator, and designer with a long-standing interest in organizational effectiveness and individual engagement in life and work. His passion has focused on practical applications of storytelling, narrative, and creativity in business, educational, and non-profit settings.
In addition, Frank teaches a course at the University of Pittsburgh, which guides students to learn and tell their stories so they can create the careers and lives they imagine. Frank’s teaching and facilitation style is energetic, engaging, animated, a bit unorthodox, and filled with wit and compassion. He is an award-winning book designer, a published poet, folk artist, and playwright. Frank is based in Pittsburgh, Pa. with his wife and their Border Collie/Husky mix, Mssr. Bârü. Frank holds a Master’s Degree in Psychology from Duquesne University. |
Fahmida Hossain is a Ph.D. candidate at the Center for Healthcare Ethics at Duquesne University and a Key Contributor to Naridus.
Fahmida is a change agent, passionate about women and gender issues, and questions assumptions to promote dialogue and healing. Her vision is to place narrative and storytelling as a lived and practical means to understand and shape organizational culture; change efforts; best practices improvements; and every day, person-to-person encounters through an innovative approach she calls Narrative Authority. Fahmida has been published in a number academic journals and invited to speak nationally and internationally. She has co-facilitated development classes for cohorts of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, which is part of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative. She a teaches a Medical Ethics class at Duquesne University. Fahmida also was awarded two research fellowships at the Jewish Healthcare Foundation in the areas of Patient Safety Fellowship and Death & Dying. She also a certified Healthcare Ethic Consultant. Fahmida is based in Pittsburgh, Pa., but originally hails from Dhaka, Bangladesh. Note: Fahmida's insights regarding "moral injury to healthcare workers as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic" recently appeared in articles at WebMD and the World Economic Forum. |