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Acts of leadership humanity: putting staff first
This post is part of our series on Leadership Humanity. In 2010 I was working with a law firm in Sydney to help launch their …
Read MoreWhy good storytellers are great story-listeners
Philosopher and scientist Michael Polanyi, said that “we can know more than we can tell.” When you start to look around for examples of this …
Read MoreDisgust and why we need to test business stories
It’s hard to imagine a more embarrassing situation for a teenager. And that teenager was me. Cast your mind back to the 1970s: flared jeans, …
Read MoreMaking strategies stick – how to tackle anti-stories
In 2009, three Queensland government departments were merged into one mega-department. Anecdote was working with the senior leadership team to communicate their new strategy and …
Read MoreActs of leadership humanity – mistakes are not always failures
Shawn’s post last week got us sharing some of the great examples of small acts of leadership that demonstrate humanity and which make a difference. …
Read MoreA small act of leadership humanity
“The biggest improvements come from small things done consistently over time in strategic places.” — David Allen A company was all travelling together to their yearly …
Read MoreWhy leaders should use real-life experiences not fables
When we started Anecdote back in 2004 we mainly did culture change projects where we collected stories in an organisation then took people from the …
Read MoreAn indicator of group fear in organisations
Over the years I’ve shown a clever little animation in our workshops to illustrate our propensity to tell ourselves stories when things are ambiguous and unclear. …
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