Leveraging professional development storytelling skills moves you beyond simply fielding interview questions. Or, trying to survive the next team meeting. This behavior is not storytelling. Rather, you are using well-developed skills in response to question-and-answer workplace scenarios. Experiences that are tactical, rather than connected to a bigger workplace vision. Let’s demystify the storytelling skills which… [Continue Reading]
Leveraging Professional Development Storytelling Skills
When Company Culture creates Limited Professional Stories
When company culture creates limited professional stories, employee experience is not as positive as it could be. At least, for employees who want to grow beyond their current roles. Consider whether some employees can take on more responsibility. Next, assess whether their current roles provide those opportunities. Then, evaluate whether their employee success hinges on… [Continue Reading]
Packing More Than You Can Deliver into Your Sales Story?
More Than You Can Deliver storytelling is easily dismissed as both incredible as well as un-credible. First, you promise to deliver products, solutions, services and programs exceeding your professional capabilities. Then, your promises surpass your organization’s workforce, as well as manufacturing and assembly, competencies. Pursuing those carrots, and lucrative client opportunities, leads you down a… [Continue Reading]
Why avoiding Story Context derails Sales Decision Making
Story context is a critical element to creating compelling stories. Stories which convince people to buy whatever it is you sell – and buy more than once from you. And, stories which inspire people, like you, to move one millimeter beyond legacy mindset, habits and behaviors. You know the saying: “The devil’s in the details”?… [Continue Reading]
Do Professionally Relevant Acronyms tell Your entire Story?
Have you seen a list of professionally relevant acronyms on a business card take up more space than the individual’s name? I know I have. Or, how about during a PowerPoint presentation? Where the first slide includes at least 20 professional acronyms after the presenter’s name. And, the next three slides include the individual’s complete… [Continue Reading]
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