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Book review – Let’s Stop Meeting Like This
Last week Victoria Ward and I wrote an ‘essay in two voices’ giving our impressions of a book called ‘Let’s Stop Meeting Like This‘ by …
Read MoreHow to spot business storytelling training that delivers
It seems everyone is offering business storytelling training these days. It was certainly rare when we started working with stories 10 years ago but all …
Read MoreMaking strategies stick – tackling anti-stories Part 2
At Anecdote, much of our work is focused on making strategies stick by converting them into understandable, memorable and influential stories. We often discover entrenched …
Read MoreBusiness storytelling training – Melbourne, Australia
Influence without relying on authority. Build fast rapport. Change minds and inspire action. Anecdote’s Storytelling for Leaders program will teach you the techniques you need …
Read MoreActs 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 …
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