Posts Tagged ‘Behaviours’

245 – Doing the Human Thing: Joe Ingles

Posted by  Anecdote International —April 15, 2025
Filed in Anecdotes, Podcast

How a coach’s unexpected decision showed the power of empathy, lifted a team, and reminded us that leadership is deeply human. In Episode 245 of …

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238 – When Incentives Backfire: The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt

Posted by  Anecdote International —February 25, 2025
Filed in Anecdotes, Podcast

Discover how well-intended incentives can backfire through the story of the great Hanoi rat hunt – a lesson in unintended consequences. In Episode 238 of …

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169 – Model beneficial behaviours

Posted by  Anecdote International —November 22, 2022
Filed in Anecdotes, Podcast

Model the behaviours that will benefit your entire team. Listen to hear how Captain James Cook saved his crew from scurvy.

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133 – Potter spells initiative

Don’t wait for someone to come along and solve your problems—step up and make things happen. Listen to hear how a clever Storytelling for Leaders participant used an anecdote from a popular franchise to connect and build rapport. 

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128 – Collaboration and diversity is how you make progress

Collaboration and diversity bring progress. Listen to hear how one woman defied gender norms to receive recognition for a scientific breakthrough.

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118 – The grass is greener for the second mouse

Is there a place for parables in business storytelling? Listen to hear Shawn Callahan share two apocryphal stories that you could use in your workplace.

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110 – Foreign ideas triggering the cultural immune system

Having an impact often depends on asking good questions. Listen to hear how the global phenomenon that is Earth Hour was born out of a question.

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098 – Gender biased snow job really hurts

Posted by  Anecdote International —March 9, 2021
Filed in Anecdotes, Business storytelling, Culture, Podcast

Are invisible biases impacting your decisions? Listen to hear how one man’s joke changed a town’s snow clearing system, preventing injuries and saving money.

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What Kevin Hart and Brené Brown can teach us about vulnerability and humour in stories

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 10, 2020
Filed in Anecdotes, Business storytelling, Communication

Shawn Callahan shares how Brené Brown and Kevin Hart use vulnerability and humour in communicating their messages in multiple stories.

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040 – Moving forward on a backwards bike

Posted by  Anecdote International —March 26, 2019
Filed in Business storytelling, Podcast

It’s just like riding a bike – unless that bike has been fixed to mess with your mind. Discover how even knowing the answer doesn’t mean you’ll get it right.

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