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Communication is broken
Leaders often assume there’s nothing they can do to improve communication in their organisation, but the solution is relatively simple.
Read MoreWhy Communication Fails: Being Abstract
At work, we tend to default to complex, abstract language. But, contrary to popular belief, using overly complicated language reduces the effectiveness of communication. Read more here.
Read MoreFive tips to make your meetings more productive
Filed in Business storytelling, Collaboration, Communication, Employee Engagement
Here are our top five tips for making your meetings more productive and engaging and your job easier.
Read MoreStory-Powered Job Interviews
Filed in Business storytelling, Communication, Corporate Storytelling
Story can be used in many parts of the interview process to make the tasks of the applicant and interviewer less challenging. Mark Schenk explains how.
Read MoreThese three storytelling myths could be limiting your business’ potential
Mark Schenk, Anecdote’s Managing Director, tackles three common corporate storytelling myths and explains why your company should embrace storytelling.
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 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 MoreWhat is your Response Story?
Filed in Business storytelling, Communication, Employee Engagement
No matter what you’ve decided to do in response to COVID-19, the key step will be communicating your decisions clearly and influentially. You need to find and craft your Response Story. In this post, we explain how.
Read MoreFive lessons on how to be a great presenter
Here are five things we can learn from author Patrick Lencioni that can help make our presentations more memorable, engaging and impactful.
Read MoreChanging people’s minds – how to turn ‘no’ into ‘yes’
Changing people’s minds can be tough, especially when they have strongly entrenched views. It turns out that story is a powerful weapon and here’s why.
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