Narrative Business Storytelling Archives - Page 6 of 10

22 Mar

Storytelling : Why being called a Great Storyteller is not our goal..

Business Storytelling and where the focus should be I give talks on Storytelling regularly and sometimes I am introduced as a Master Storyteller. I often grind my teeth when I hear that because if I am called a Master Storyteller, then I have actually failed as a Business Storyteller. What am I going on about? The idea here is that unlike in…

23 Feb

Practical Tip on how to Start a Story In my Storytelling Trainings and Workshops I often ask the participants, “What are the two most common ways we start a story when we tell stories to children?”. The response I get is, Once upon a Time and Long Long time ago. Yes, that is correct and those are the two types of time…

24 Jan

When Storytelling is done and Questions begin

When Storytelling is done: How to handle questions that you don’t have the answer for ? This blog is for you if you fear being asked a question to which you do not have an answer. Firstly, I want you to accept that you will always have questions to which you will not have an answer. But the purpose of this 400…

29 Nov

Sales Storytelling : Harry Potter is our revenue generator

Some business stories I hear are worth telling and this is one of them. About a year ago I had the opportunity to work with a large technology company headquartered in San Jose, California. The task here was for me to work with their sales team to draw real life business stories that could be used in the future for sales storytelling.…

25 Sep

This blog is for you if you as a subject matter expert are asked to give your views on a certain question, topic or an area. As a subject matter expert we are well versed in our fields and that is precisely why we are asked for a view. So, a natural tendency is to start sharing what we know and there…

09 May

Storytelling : Innovation and Growth is our strategy !

This blog is for you if you, as leader, have these questions running through your mind 1.How can I motivate my team to Innovate? 2.Shall I focus on global business growth or connection with our employees? Before I start I want to thank my client Uen Li Chia for inspiring this blog. A couple of months ago I wrote a…

29 Apr

If you are a bit sick of reciting your CV when asked “Tell us about yourself” and you are ready to find a remarkable way of answering this question, this blog is for you. A few months ago I wrote one of my most read blogs of 2015 Storytelling : And why say a hello like this? The point I was trying…

23 Mar

Storytelling: Get to the point not bullet point!

If I tell a story I am almost certain my boss will say, ” Get to the point”. If this is you. Then, this blog is for you. In one of my previous blog Storytelling: Get to the point ! I have covered 3 tips on communicating with bosses. Here is one more tip on getting to the point with stories Firstly,…

04 Mar

Productivity Storytelling : I hate working on Projects with large teams

This is blog is about the frustration of working in large teams where we all do our own assigned task and aspire to achieve the results with efficiency. Quite often, we never achieve the efficiency we aim for even though we are very clear about who is doing what. I have personally been in several such roles and hated them because I…

19 Feb

This blog is for those people who have tried telling a business story which is practical and logical but still got told, ” Can you please get to the point”. We can avoid falling in such a situation. How ? Lets understand this with an example. Last week I was working with a senior business leader from the oil and gas sector…

Business Storytelling

Storytelling : Why being called a Great Storyteller is not our goal..

Storytelling : How do you Start ?

When Storytelling is done and Questions begin

Sales Storytelling : Harry Potter is our revenue generator

Storytelling: Views Versus Stories

Storytelling : Innovation and Growth is our strategy !

Storytelling: Tell us about yourself !

Storytelling: Get to the point not bullet point!

Productivity Storytelling : I hate working on Projects with large teams

Storytelling : Get to the point!