The Story Habit - Storytelling Skills For The Workplace

Practical Storytelling Skills for Busy Professionals

What you'll learn

The Benefits of Storytelling for the Workplace

How to Find and Tell Great Stories

How to Use Storytelling at Work

How to Influence and Persuade

How to Inspire People to Action

How to Explain Complex Ideas in a Simple Way

How to Design Presentations for an Executive Audience

How to do Data Storytelling

How to Build Executive Presence

How to Build Storytelling Habits to Bring More Meaning to Everyday Conversations

Requirements

Have an interest in improving communication, influencing and public speaking

Description

There’s so much more to storytelling than just telling stories.Storytelling is ultimately about MAKING MEANING. And that’s why it’s such a hot topic, especially in the workplace!Because at work you have to make meaning everyday. You need to:communicate messages with impactinfluence your stakeholdersinspire people to take action and make change happenAnd have you ever noticed, that the best leaders you’ve ever worked with, were good at all of those things? Storytelling is an essential skill for leadership, and is the difference between someone who is just good at their job and a true leader.So in this course, we’re going to learn how to use storytelling at work! Based on my book “The Story Habit” which took me 3 years to research.Everything is based around my “Relate, Challenge, Resolve” framework and my 3 Ingredients of Stories. You’ll learn a simple, practical framework, designed specifically for use at work.After learning how to use these to find and tell stories, we then look at the other applications of storytelling you will use more frequently at work. You’ll learn how to:find and tell storieschange minds and inspire actionexplain complex ideaspresent to executive audiencespresent datadesign impactful visualsbuild executive presenceand turn storytelling into habits to bring meaning to everyday conversationsEach module is based on a simple template summarised onto one A4 page, to help you remember and apply what you learned back at work where it really matters. Important concepts about the science of storytelling are introduced at relevant times, in short fluff free videos averaging 5 minutes length. Painstakingly put together over a year, no AI was used in the making of this course!I’m a Leadership Development Coach and Trainer with over 12 years experience having worked with over 170 multinational companies and tens of thousands of people from all over the world. I’m not some film director or novelist that’s going to teach you how to use The Heroes Journey to overcomplicate your monthly reports! My whole career has been in a corporate environment with busy professionals who need to communicate simply, directly and concisely with other busy professionals.I spent a lot of time working in China, with the incredibly PRACTICAL Chinese people who have little patience for irrelevant theory. This pushed me to get really practical in my work, so I spent 6 years researching and writing a book about PRACTICAL training design and delivery, which I later turned into several highly rated online courses you can also find on here. This means I put a lot of care into making my courses PRACTICAL.How have I made this course practical?:Each module is focused on a specific goal (Find and Tell Stories, Change Minds and Inspire Action, Explain Complex Ideas etc.)All content is summarised into one simple framework with multiple applicationsI provide relatable examples, stories and case studies to show you how to apply everything to the real worldYou get simple templates to help you apply everything you learn back at workYou get handouts with detailed summaries of the concepts I cover in the videosYou also get a FREE copy of my book “The Story Habit” to help give you a much deeper understanding of the concepts we talk aboutMy goal is to get you OFF this course and out practicing in the REAL WORLD as quickly as possible. Because it is only when you try things in the real world that the REAL learning begins.I sincerely hope you find this to be a valuable resource. And please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or reflections you would love to share.All the best,Jamie Dixon

Overview

Section 1: Welcome!

Lecture 1 Welcome!

Lecture 2 Your Free Ebook

Section 2: Why Storytelling?

Lecture 3 Handouts for This Module

Lecture 4 It's About Making Meaning

Lecture 5 Watch a Master Storyteller Make Meaning

Lecture 6 Storytellers Rise to the Top

Section 3: Finding and Telling Stories

Lecture 7 Handouts for This Module

Lecture 8 Great Storytellers are Great Collectors

Lecture 9 Every Story is About Change

Lecture 10 The 3 Essential Stories

Lecture 11 1. Your Journey

Lecture 12 2. Your Why

Lecture 13 3. Your Pitch

Lecture 14 Don't Overcook or Undercook Your Stories

Lecture 15 Every Story is a Sequence of Meaningful Moments

Lecture 16 Relate to the Audience

Lecture 17 Bring the Challenge to Life

Lecture 18 Show How You Resolved the Challenge

Lecture 19 The 3 Ingredients of Stories

Lecture 20 1. Show, Don't Tell

Lecture 21 Show, Don't Tell - Practice Answers

Lecture 22 2. Analogies & Metaphors

Lecture 23 Analogies & Metaphors - Practice Answers

Lecture 24 3. Contrast

Lecture 25 Contrast - Practice Answers

Lecture 26 Bringing Details to Life

Lecture 27 Using Storytelling at Work

Section 4: Changing Minds and Inspiring Action

Lecture 28 Handouts for This Module

Lecture 29 The Bigger Picture

Lecture 30 The Dark Forest Fable

Lecture 31 Reflection Questions

Lecture 32 What the Village and The Dark Forest Represent

Lecture 33 How to Persuade the Villagers

Lecture 34 You Can't Change Everyone's Mind

Lecture 35 Don't Depend on Motivation

Lecture 36 Make it Easy

Lecture 37 Understanding the Audience

Lecture 38 Map the Gap

Lecture 39 Relate to Their Stories

Lecture 40 Challenge Their Stories

Lecture 41 Resolve Barriers to Action

Lecture 42 Bring Your Points to Life

Section 5: Explaining Complex Ideas

Lecture 43 Handouts For This Module

Lecture 44 Explaining Complex Ideas

Lecture 45 Your Task…

Lecture 46 From KNOW to DO

Lecture 47 Relate to What They Already Understand

Lecture 48 Frame the Challenge

Lecture 49 Resolve the Challenge

Lecture 50 Remember The 3 Ingredients…

Section 6: Executive Presentations and Data Storytelling

Lecture 51 Handouts For This Module

Lecture 52 Presenting to Decision Makers

Lecture 53 Insight > Decision > Action

Lecture 54 Case Study

Lecture 55 Finding Insights That Relate, Challenge and Resolve

Lecture 56 Finding Insights - Practice

Lecture 57 Finding Insights - Suggested Answers

Lecture 58 Bringing Your Insights to Life

Lecture 59 The 10 Second Rule for Visualisations

Lecture 60 Show AND Tell

Lecture 61 Contrast The Signal From The Noise

Lecture 62 Stay Consistent

Lecture 63 Putting It All Together

Section 7: Executive Presence

Lecture 64 Handouts For This Module

Lecture 65 Executive Presence

Lecture 66 Anticipate Nervous Reactions

Lecture 67 Anticipate Challenging Questions and Disruptions

Lecture 68 Show Confidence

Lecture 69 Sound Authoritative

Lecture 70 Respond Professionally

Lecture 71 Presenting with Executive Presence

Section 8: Building a Story Habit

Lecture 72 Building a Story Habit

Lecture 73 Relate Before Challenging

Lecture 74 Challenge the Right People

Lecture 75 Resolve Inaction by Regaining Awareness

Lecture 76 Show, Don't Tell by Giving Examples or Using Vivid Language

Lecture 77 Use Analogies & Metaphors by Actively Thinking About What the Audience Know

Lecture 78 Contrast Facts and Statistics

Section 9: One Final Message

Lecture 79 One Final Message

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