‘Just tell me the story’ – said no one ever!
Gabrielle Dolan
I teach people how to tell stories more effectively in business. International keynote speaker. Best-selling author. Podcaster - Keeping it Real with Jac and Ral. ???gabrielledolan.com
‘Tell me the facts and I’ll learn. Tell me the truth and I’ll believe. But tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever.’
If this Native American proverb is true, then why in business do we have such a bias towards facts?
I have recorded the following two-minute video on this topic. It may be worth a listen if you have ever wondered how to lead change more effectively. I’d also recommend it if you want to get your team to connect with the company values or simply make your presentations more engaging.
Virtual Public Workshops
I am also excited to announce my first virtual public workshops for 2021. They were such a success last year we will do it all again. Please note that I have been specifically requested to run workshops at different times to cater for the various global time zones. The workshop dates and times are listed below. As always, you can contact me directly to run an in-house session that can be virtual or in person if travel restrictions allow.
Business Storytelling Virtual Workshop - Friday 28th May 9:30am-1pm AEST (4:30pm start time in Los Angeles on 27th May)
Presenting with Impact Virtual Workshop - Monday 21st June 9:30am-1pm AEST (4:30pm start time in Los Angeles on 20th June)
Business Storytelling Virtual Workshop - Thursday 8th July 9pm-12:30am AEST (12 noon start time in the UK or 7pm start time in Singapore)
Not sure if you should register? Check out this feedback from a recent virtual session I conducted for a client.
Gabrielle Dolan is a global expert on business storytelling and real communication. Her latest book Magnetic Stories: Connect with Customers and Engage Employees with Brand Storytelling is available now. Rate your success with Brand Storytelling using this questionnaire or find out more about Gabrielle’s services at gabrielledolan.com.
Passionate for leading people through practical knowledge & capability solutions.
3 年I've been practicing my storytelling and have started sharing short stories from my team with our business unit deliberately. I'm still practicing, but it's one of my favourite tasks each week as I find ways to share my teams efforts to core values and helping our members. I loved your storytelling workshop last year, and highly recommend!
CEO of Evolution Media Group, Storyteller, Author, Speaker and Money Educator.
3 年Love your work
Empowering busy leaders and teams to level up performance & adaptive capacity to do great work together, better | Facilitator | Adaptability Quotient & Executive Coach | Author of "Lead Conversations that Count"
3 年A fabulous message and such a key point! "Can't you just bottom line this for me?" is another way I've experienced this bias for data - such a way to cut off the emotional connection and engagement. Bravo!
Executive Leader, Award Winning Author, Mentor to Fellow Women of Color
3 年Love this video Gabrielle Dolan!
People Operations | Interim Executive | Chief People Officer I Chief Customer Officer I Org Development & Change I Employee & Customer Experience I Culture & Capability I Enabling and empowering teams to execute
3 年Louise Clarke