Posts Tagged ‘Leadership’

Set ground rules for workshops or presentations like a master

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 30, 2016
Filed in Anecdotes, Business storytelling

Learn how Billy Crystal sets the rules with his audiences – no phones and no recording. Try it when you next set ground rules for workshops / presentations.

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Effective leadership skills to achieve the impossible

Posted by  David Green —May 10, 2016
Filed in Leadership Posts

Overcoming obstacles and achieving success with projects will almost always come down to effective leadership. Read how this influences the outcomes here:

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Why telling stories will get your idea across

Posted by  Mark Schenk —April 20, 2016
Filed in Insight

Find out how telling stories about the hassles you’re dealing with in an organisation is far more effective than simply offering a point of view.

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Why leaders need good storytelling skills – Part 2

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 16, 2016
Filed in Business storytelling

Mastering good storytelling skills is a must for leaders to communicate strategy and engage people. Here are 4 ways to put stories to work.

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Giving strategy a soul with strategic stories

Posted by  Mark Schenk —October 22, 2015
Filed in Communication, Strategy

As many as 80% of companies do not really understand their strategies. Obviously, this is a big problem. How can strategic stories help?

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Lessons learned when stories are told

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —June 4, 2015
Filed in Leadership Posts

Valuable business lessons can be learned if time is taken to create a story that can be retold and remembered. Here are a few examples.

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Effective vision statements evoke imagery

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —February 12, 2015
Filed in Strategy

Most vision statements lack imagery which has been shown to impact performance. This recent study shows how imagery is important.

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Acts of leadership humanity: putting staff first

Posted by  Mark Schenk —October 31, 2014
Filed in Leadership Posts

This post is part of our series on Leadership Humanity. In 2010 I was working with a law firm in Sydney to help launch their …

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Acts of leadership humanity – mistakes are not always failures

Posted by  Mark Schenk —October 14, 2014
Filed in Anecdotes, Leadership Posts

Shawn’s post last week got us sharing some of the great examples of small acts of leadership that demonstrate humanity and which make a difference. …

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3 reasons why certain stories really resonate

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —April 24, 2014
Filed in Business storytelling

This week I’ve been at the Middle East Leadership Communication Conference in Abu Dhabi. I ran a Storytelling for Leaders workshop and gave a keynote …

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