Organisations, like people, thrive on stories, and we believe that stories and storytelling can be a vital tool for your professional and organisational development.
- An understanding of the role of story helps individuals and organisations become
better communicators
- Stories can help organisations manage change
- An organisational narrative is the ideal basis for creative growth and development
Who is Stories at Work for?
Stories are relevant to any organisation; public or private sector. Stories at Work can form part of whole organisation growth or an individuals' development process within organisations of any size, and in any industry sector. Stories at Work is about engaging and developing people, enabling them to put the power of stories to work in any context.
 By shining new light on the familiar and bringing the unfamiliar to life in vivid ways, stories can lead people to new levels of understanding and help organisations deal with change. Storytelling techniques equip managers, leaders and influencers with the skills to communicate powerfully and effectively. Exploring an organisation's collective story can provide the right viewpoint from which to develop and grow, with the backing of everyone involved.
'Stories can entertain, convey information, preserve cultures, build relationships and communities, change organisations.' Steve Denning, The Springboard
We provide a comprehensive range of training and development opportunities for you and your organisation. These range from motivational and teambuilding exercises, to skill development workshops and training days and are designed to respond specifically to the needs and culture of your organisation.
Stories at Work uses inspirational storytelling exercises and discussion to explore and help revitalise many different facets of working lives. The outreach team would be delighted to devise a programme tailor-made to your organisation, which may look at:
- identity - where do we come from, what makes us unique
- being present - where we are now
- values - rediscovering what's close to our hearts
- leadership - listening and communicating
- team-building - getting to know one another
- voicing the story - engaging and inspiring
- change - tackling the onward adventure
- creativity - finding our voices, using our imaginations
- vision - where have we been, where are we going
Feel free to contact us to discuss training and development options for your organisation
Workshop examples
Sparking the Creative: Unlocking the Potential
An introduction to the creative power of story and its applications to people management within modern organisations.
Specific development outcomes:
- Find out how to increase emotional literacy in yourself and those you manage
- Recognise the power of metaphor in communication
- Understand the links between imagination and motivation, and how to apply that to your
management situation
Who? HR and personnel managers, trainers and other people managers
Creative Communication: Humanising the Message
What is it about story that connects with emotional and real experience? What is its relevance to effective communication?
Specific development outcomes:
- Enhance your communication skills
- Understand the power of empathy in communicating effectively
- Analyse the shifting relationships between reality and perception at the core of creative
communication
Who? Communications professionals, sales and marketing professionals and people managers
Leadership Through Change: Purpose, Perception and Motivation
How does a modern organisation gain a sense of itself and its purpose and what difference can that make to success?
Specific development outcomes:
- Understand 'big picture' thinking
- Discern the role of emotion and metaphor in change management
- Discover ways of communicating a vision for your organisation
- Explore how to connect people with the vision
Who? Chief executives, senior managers and leaders
Whole Organisation Growth
How creating an organisational story and including everyone in it can allow organic growth and progress.
Specific development outcomes:
- Explore how organisational narratives are formed, and how you can help create the appropriate story for your organisation
- Discover ways of fostering a sense of narrative ownership within your organisation
- Play with different ways of communicating the story, and applying story principles to every
area of your organisation's development
Who? All managers |
