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Stories are more than just tall tales or campfire yarns.
They include discussions of the enterprise in the future tense. They can inspire, instruct and invite.
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Establish the setting or scene.
Start with a transition to signify the story’s beginning before creating a realistic backdrop.Ask yourself:
- What do I want my associates to feel?
- How can I nurture a sense of adventure, mystery, suspense, joy or invitation?
- Will my associates be able to visualize the scene I have in my mind?
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Create a dilemma with proper tension or dissonance with which associates can identify, then using one sentence, describe the challenge for each of the key characters.
Questions to help you create dissonance:
- How can I build a sense of concern, conflict, or suspense?
- Will my associates be able to visualize the challenge the same way I do?
- Will the dilemma create enough dissonance associates will desire a resolution?
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The climax is a resolution used as a tool for insight and should clearly fit the challenge and carry the associates to new and unexpected directions.
Ask yourself:
- Will the ending surprise, amuse, inspire, challenge, or amaze my associates?
- Will associates view the ending as relevant and important?
- Will associates gain new attitudes, understandings, or skills from the resolution?
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One of the oldest and most straightforward storytelling formulas:
Also known as Freytag’s Pyramid:
Set the stage of a problem that your target audience is likely to experience ( a problem that your company solves). Describe a world where that problem didn’t exist. Explain how to get there or present the solution (i.e. your product or service).
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...by attaching emotions to things that happen. That means those who can create and share good stories have a powerful advantage over others.
Facts and figures and all the rational thi...
Every storytelling exercise should begin by asking: Who is my audience and what is the message I want to share with them?
Each decision about your story should flow from those questions.
Think of a moment in which your own failures led to success in your career or a lesson that a parent or mentor imparted.
There may be a tendency not to want to share personal details at work, but anecdotes that illustrate struggle, failure, and barriers overcome are what make leaders appear authentic and accessible.
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