Welcome to the Online
Story-powered Leadership Resource Centre

 
These resources accompany the Story-Powered Leadership workshop.

 

PART 4: BUILDING YOUR STORY BANK
 

To be an effective business storyteller, you need to have an extensive repertoire of stories. This means you need to notice stories, collect them avidly and understand the business point of the story.

Here are some additional resources around developing this key skill. These links contain a range of examples that illustrate the issues which might be of use to you.

Blog post
Don’t write your stories out in full
If collecting stories is hard work we are unlikely to keep doing it for long. A key barrier is when we try to write stories out in full.
www.anecdote.com/2013/09/
dont_write_your_business_stories_in_ful
Resource
Story finder
Anecdote has been blogging about business stories since 2004. We’ve categorised the stories to make them easy to find and collected them into an easily accessible resource centre called Story Finder.
www.anecdote.com/story-finder
Blog post
Developing the habit of noticing stories
This blog post describes how to build a habit of noticing stories.
www.anecdote.com/2015/02/vital-habit-of-noticing-stories
YouTube video
Remembering your stories
A 4-minute video with Shawn Callahan. Shawn shares a useful tip on how to remember the stories that you are going to tell.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaX2eNSCejg
Blog post
Remembering business stories
How do you remember stories so they are available to you at the moment of need? This article describes some of the key steps.
www.anecdote.com/2014/07/remember-a-business-story