Storytelling Workshops for Teams

Storytelling is at the heart of communication.

As a leader, you know that communication is key to getting your team aligned, building trust with your audience, sharing the value of your product with investors and consumers – essentially anything that requires people to interact with each other.

And yet communication can be fraught with pitfalls.

In any interaction, a story is being told. Do you know the story you are telling?

Stories are the most efficient communication tool. By understanding stories – your team’s, your product’s, or your own – storytelling becomes a powerful tool to move your work forward.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS

My workshops help you unlock the power of story through six main focus areas:

The ability to tell compelling stories about yourself, your product, and your company is an essential skill in business. Learn how to effectively structure stories, implement simple techniques to make your stories more appealing, and practice telling engaging stories when you don’t have the opportunity to rehearse in advance.
Every product, team and organization has a story, whether it is explicit or implied. Explore how these collaborative, sometimes hidden stories exert an influence over work culture; how unprocessed narratives might imperil forward momentum; and how teams can consciously create a narrative that showcases customer value while creating a more inclusive, positive team vibe.
Creativity is not a rarefied trait possessed only by artists and designers. Instead, it is a quality of curiosity and risk-taking that seeks to expand what is possible. The growing body of literature connecting creativity and business reveals that we all have – and we all crave – this sense of possibility, and no matter our role in our company, that quality of creativity is necessary not just for personal growth, but for truly meaningful collaboration. Discover the ways in which you are already creative, and how you can leverage that creativity to move your career and your team forward.
Understanding where you are on your professional/creative journey will tell you where you want to go next. The same goes for the journey of a team or product. But how do you know where you are? In this 360-degree map-making experience, you will explore where you want/need to go next in terms of skills and experience, and whom you want to join on this journey.
The best communicators are the best listeners. As we design better productive conversations for our teams and customers, we’ll dig into the tools that the best salespeople, artists, and therapists use to uncover the values and desires that often lay hidden underneath fear, impatience, and the sometimes unproductive focus on quick decisions.
Giving and receiving feedback is among the most stressful work conversations, even if the results of a project or presentation are positive. Leaning into the insights gleaned from theater and improv, we’ll break open “Yes, and…” to harvest more targeted and specific kinds of feedback, as well as explore the “neutral zone” where a project or performance can be studied without judgment.