In praise of small stories
Leaders should find and tell stories to help their people understand the concrete actions needed to get a job done, enact a business value or …
Read MoreChallenging ‘power’ and the stories that triggers
A particular type of story that gets retold in organisations is the story about when ‘power’ was challenged and the result. We collected the following …
Read MoreStorytelling for Sales in Melbourne
Continuing our series of public workshops in 2013, we’re really excited about running our *Storytelling for Sales* program in Melbourne on Wednesday, 20th March 2013. …
Read MorePractical application of business storytelling
I was asked last week about the practical application of things we cover in our Storytelling for Leaders workshop. Fortunately, we had a very recent …
Read MoreBringing strategy alive with an anecdote
Herb Kelleher [the longest-serving CEO of Southwest] once told someone, “I can teach you the secret to running this airline in thirty seconds. This is …
Read MoreA little story for a Friday
As the proud father of two boys aged 4 and 2, I just had to share this story I saw yesterday. I could picture this …
Read MoreMondegreens, gigs and deliberate practice
Last Thursday night, Tony High asked me if I knew what a ‘mondegreen’ was. I had no idea. A quick search of wikipedia revealed that …
Read MoreStory-triggering and behavioural integrity
Filed in Business storytelling, Employee Engagement, Leadership Posts
People judge their leaders by how their actions align with their words. And how aligned these two things are then triggers stories that get told, …
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‘A’ for effort
As a manager, I have always had a lot of time for people who might not be overly talented but who always try their hardest. …
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