Telling purpose-driven stories engages strategic partners and clients. Because these stories do not sound like the quota- and KPI-driven stories they hear from other professionals. Even when these professionals are their own internal colleagues. Now, you may not feel that your functional role involves telling stories. Yet, think again. Do you engage in any type… [Continue Reading]
Purpose-Driven Stories move beyond Quotas and KPIs
3 Ways to develop Business-Worthy Storytelling Skills
Business-worthy storytelling skills are must-have communication skills. Especially for individuals targeting a leadership trajectory, regardless of their current professional disciplines. First, business-worthy storytelling skills require understanding more than one professional language. If you only are comfortable speaking your discipline’s specific professional language among peers, the amazing stories you have to share are lost. Lost on… [Continue Reading]
Is Story part of Your Professional Advancement Roadmap?
When you think about your professional advancement roadmap, storytelling probably is the last component on the list. After all, our perception of professional development reinforces a linear, straight-line from where we are today, to where we will be tomorrow and in the future. Yet, our own experiences getting even from Point A to Point B… [Continue Reading]
Leveraging Data and Story to engage Decision Makers
How comfortable are you incorporating story into your data to engage and retain decision makers? Clearly, data is frequently used by sales teams to justify initial purchase of your organization’s products and services. However, what’s the story behind all that data? Does your data, on its own, drive client engagement and customer experience? Do you… [Continue Reading]
Why An Internal Storytelling Network yields more than Stories
Building an internal storytelling network is an essential component of compelling storytelling. Not only does your network help retain customers. Also, your internal network helps retain each other, specifically. And your workforce, in general. Why? Because we often associate storytelling with a single person and a single voice. Yet, the story being told may not… [Continue Reading]
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