Building Collaboration in Teams with Storytelling

If you are an HR leader, let me guess:

A recurring peeve you hear from your business leader is how the teams could get more collaborative.

A large percentage of my leadership development sessions have this ask at the center: how do I make my team come together in spirit? Bring more ideas to the table? Get creative, agile, and inclusive?

At?LIGHTHOUSE?I begin the process a step backward.

I start by talking about Perspectives.

Perspectives!

I work with that word before I even begin to talk about collaboration, connection and communication.

Because in life and at work - we are all looking in the same direction yet seeing so differently.

Storytelling is all about narratives, and a narrative borne out of a single perspective is often what becomes our real stumbling block in life.

You crack that shell when you invite more perspectives.

But, how do you help people get rich with alternate and contrarian perspectives?

Often in my Storytelling programs, you'll find the participants huddled in role-plays.

Listening circles, sharing circles, you name it!

I believe Collaboration is not a skillset, it is an outcome of character building.

To be open ourselves to acknowledge, understand, and appreciate perspectives - even when we find them contrary to our own ideas - is the character building we need to be able to shift from Competition to Collaboration.

In building a team spirit, or in creating a gender-inclusive culture at workplaces.

In creating leaders of tomorrow, or in ensuring everyone works with their strengths in a project...

Perspectives pave the path.

Build it with the help of Story Circles.

I’m?Sinjini Sengupta?- Founder, Lighthouse - the actuary turned author, speaker and story evangelist.

I believe stories can change everything we think, do or feel, and therefore the world as we know it. Its power is immense. We are only one story-step away from being a better version of ourselves.

LIGHTHOUSE?is your one-stop-shop to discover and use your stories to build purpose, engagement and trust. This will transform you into a better leader, founder and speaker, and build a powerful legacy in life and at work.

We help Corporates & C-levels use Storytelling for Leadership Development & Business Strategy.

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