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Untapped power of your employees—story listening
Worldwide employee engagement levels are low. Shawn Callahan explains where you might find the knowledge to reverse this trend within your organisation.
Read MoreHow to avoid Zoom fatigue
Since COVID-19 hit, Zoom meetings have become a daily reality. Here are our tips for avoiding Zoom fatigue while so many events are occurring virtually.
Read MoreHow vulnerability can make you a better leader
Filed in Business storytelling, Communication, Leadership Posts
Letting down your corporate facade can be a great way of building rapport and showing that you’re a person others can open up to.
Read MoreThe ponytail and why your stories must be true
Have you heard the story about how NASA spent millions of dollars developing a pen that would work in zero gravity? There’s a problem with this story…
Read MoreHow HR can help leaders communicate better
Filed in Business storytelling, Communication, Employee Engagement
Senior staff members who use story style language when engaging with their employees build credibility, authenticity, and engagement.
Read MoreThe Hero’s Journey stumbles in the world of business
The Hero’s Journey is of limited practical use in business. To activate a storytelling culture, we need simple story frameworks supplemented by anecdotes.
Read MoreData storytelling: Hollywood is the wrong model
Filed in Anecdotes, Business storytelling, Communication, Insight
There’s a growing need to present ideas based on insights drawn from data, but the Hollywood approach seems unrelated to what businesspeople require.
Read MoreOvercoming the fear of sharing business stories at work
Filed in Business storytelling, Communication, Leadership Posts
Is fear holding you back from sharing business stories at work? Shawn Callahan shares a few simple steps you can take to overcome it.
Read MoreSetting up a tagging strategy for your story bank
Tagging stories within your story bank ensures you can quickly access them when you need them. This blog post will help you design a tagging strategy.
Read MoreStories are the brain’s natural language
Stories are so powerful because that is how our brains are structured—our brains work by identifying and predicting sequences of related events.
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