Archive for 2013

Using stories to catch ‘smart-talk’

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —March 18, 2013
Filed in Business storytelling

He looks the part; he knows all the right buzzwords; he can quote chapter-and-verse from all the best-known pundits and practitioners. But is it all …

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Storytelling for Sales Public workshop in Melbourne – only 2 days to go

Posted by  Kevin Bishop —March 18, 2013
Filed in Business storytelling, News

We are all looking for better ways to sell. Better ways to build relationships with our clients. Better ways to understand their needs. Better ways …

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Show don’t tell

Posted by  Kevin Bishop —March 15, 2013
Filed in Leadership Posts

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Storytelling for Leaders – London

Posted by  Daryl Cook —March 14, 2013
Filed in News

We’re very excited to announce that we’ll be running our popular *Storytelling for Leaders* program in London on Monday, 17th June 2013. This opportunity doesn’t …

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Awesome stories

Posted by  Mark Schenk —March 12, 2013
Filed in Business storytelling, Fun

Every two months an email arrives that I am always happy to receive. Its the bi-monthly newsletter from the Awesome Stories website. Awesome Stories is …

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In praise of small stories

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —March 11, 2013
Filed in Business storytelling

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 …

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Challenging ‘power’ and the stories that triggers

Posted by  Kevin Bishop —March 8, 2013
Filed in Business storytelling, Leadership Posts

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 …

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Storytelling for Sales in Melbourne

Posted by  Daryl Cook —March 7, 2013
Filed in News

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. …

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Practical application of business storytelling

Posted by  Mark Schenk —March 5, 2013
Filed in Business storytelling, Leadership Posts

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 …

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Bringing strategy alive with an anecdote

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —March 2, 2013
Filed in Business storytelling, Strategy

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 …

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