Your Narrative Determines Your Value.

Learn how to monetize your lived experiences.

Every Human has a Vocational Calling, and Every Organization Needs a Leader Who is Called.

As a researcher, educator, entrepreneur, and organizational leader, Mark has spent decades helping leaders and organizations uncover the story beneath their work  and build it into something the world cannot ignore.

He calls it a Narrative Estate™. And it begins with a single conversation. Some stories deserve more than memory.

Watch Mark explain what yours could become.

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Monetize Your Life Story

“Every leader gets a financial audit, almost none get a narrative one.”

What is included in the Narrative Estate™? One System. Six appreciating assets. The Infrastructure that turns your story into evidence, your evidence into Intellectual property, and your intellectual property into a lasting asset.

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Narrative Audit

discover

02
Story Bank

preserve

03
Research + Index

prove

04
White Paper

position

05
Keynote

persuade

06
Trailer

move

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“When your narrative is unstructured, AI represents you randomly. When it is built into a Narrative Estate, AI represents you accurately.”

- MARK ALLEN HAYES

Real Results from our Clients

"The way this team researches and structures our stories for maximum impact really empowers us to reach our goals and not only reach them, but exceed them."
-Heather Maloney, Executive Director, Orlando
"For the first time, the full weight of what we fought for and who we fought for lives beyond the courtroom. This book gave those farmers their story back, and it gave me a platform I never imagined possible."
-Greg Francis, Osborne & Francis
"The work you did gave us the language and the structure to make the case for something that had never been done before. You turned a vision into a story the State could vote yes to."
- Donna Arduin, Chief Economist
"If your goal is to create meaningful value, I highly recommend Mark Hayes as your narrative doctor."
-Tony Jenkins, Northeast Florida Market President
"For the first time, everything I have built and taught over decades finally lives in one place, organized, researched, and ready to work without me in the room."
-Simon T. Bailey, Business & Life Motivator
"Before anyone could invest in Lake Nona, they had to believe in it. Mark gave us the language to make that belief possible."
-Sesh Thakkar, Managing Partner
"The way this team researches and structures our stories for maximum impact really empowers us to reach our goals and not only reach them, but exceed them."
-Heather Maloney, Executive Director, Orlando
"For the first time, the full weight of what we fought for and who we fought for lives beyond the courtroom. This book gave those farmers their story back, and it gave me a platform I never imagined possible."
-Greg Francis, Osborne & Francis
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ABOUT MARK

A Leader Investing in Leaders

Mark Allen Hayes, PhD, CCIM is an award-winning filmmaker, narrative estate strategist, and founder/owner of the Stockworth Group of Companies: Stockworth Institute, Stockworth Studios, and Stockworth Realty. He helps organizations and thought leaders harness the power of storytelling to shape perception, influence audiences, and generate measurable value. 

A Hall of Fame inductee at UCF’s Nicholson School of Communication, Mark has written and produced hundreds of executive speeches, TED-style films, and media campaigns that have driven billions in value for clients such as Tavistock, Stockworth Realty, Florida Blue, AdventHealth, and the American Heart Association. 

Mark’s PhD is in Narrative Leadership, including certifications in Artificial Intelligence from Harvard and MIT, and he is a Colson Fellow. His research bridges leadership, neuroscience, media, entrepreneurialism, AI, and workplace meaning—guiding leaders in building authentic brands, profitable campaigns, and deeply resonant content in an increasingly digital world.

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Your Missing Asset

The assets that shape the course of a life rarely appear on a balance sheet. In The Narrative Advantage, Dr. Mark Allen Hayes introduces the concept of the Narrative Estate™, a framework for identifying, organizing, and applying the experiences, sacrifices, relationships, and lessons that drive human judgment, organizational value, and enduring legacy. Drawing from research in leadership, psychology, finance, and artificial intelligence, Hayes argues that the most consequential form of capital is often the one we fail to recognize: the accumulated wisdom of a life lived. The result is a new way of thinking about personal value, enterprise value, and the transfer of knowledge across generations.

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