Storytelling, leadership, awareness
Coaching Tip No.11 - Winning Stories
21/11/08 16:33 Filed in: Coaching
Tips
"The
missing ingredient in most failed communications is
Humanity. This is an easy
fix."
Annette Simmons - Author of Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins
Last time I told the story of Bruce Cohen and how he communicated with a global operation, constantly sharing his vision and making it come to life with real examples of those that were demonstrating the company's values in action. Working with storytelling - more common nowadays in leadership coaching - this quote from Annette Simmons's book really stood out for me. Every one of Bruce's voicemails was a story with humanity.
Reading a whole book on storytelling may seem daunting at first but adopting storytelling actively can reap tremendous rewards. Annette Simmons has given me permission to reproduce a paragraph from her book to allow me to give you a practical coaching tip and hopefully engage you more in storytelling.
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Annette Simmons - Author of Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins
Last time I told the story of Bruce Cohen and how he communicated with a global operation, constantly sharing his vision and making it come to life with real examples of those that were demonstrating the company's values in action. Working with storytelling - more common nowadays in leadership coaching - this quote from Annette Simmons's book really stood out for me. Every one of Bruce's voicemails was a story with humanity.
Reading a whole book on storytelling may seem daunting at first but adopting storytelling actively can reap tremendous rewards. Annette Simmons has given me permission to reproduce a paragraph from her book to allow me to give you a practical coaching tip and hopefully engage you more in storytelling.
Read More...
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