While storytelling is as old as the human race, its importance in organizational change is often overlooked.
The Mechanics Of Changing Minds Through Storytelling
The first thing to learn about leadership storytelling is that most stories don’t change our minds or spark an intent to act differently. Stories naturally enable us to get inside the mind of another human being. Stories expand our understanding of other people. Stories give us vicarious experience that we can obtain in no other way. These stories “in the wild” are inherently stimulating and naturally life-enhancing. But if we think back to all the millions of stories that we have heard in our lives, we will see that very few have changed our minds or our behavior.
We now know that the stories that do change minds and spark different behavior tend to have a particular narrative pattern. The key to leadership storytelling is to master this narrative pattern. Once we understand this pattern and know how to put it into practice, we can reproduce effective change-inducing stories, whatever the situation we are in, whether your listener is a boss, a subordinate, a colleague, a customer, or a family member.
The Mechanics Of Changing Minds Through Storytelling
The first thing to learn about leadership storytelling is that most stories don’t change our minds or spark an intent to act differently. Stories naturally enable us to get inside the mind of another human being. Stories expand our understanding of other people. Stories give us vicarious experience that we can obtain in no other way. These stories “in the wild” are inherently stimulating and naturally life-enhancing. But if we think back to all the millions of stories that we have heard in our lives, we will see that very few have changed our minds or our behavior.
We now know that the stories that do change minds and spark different behavior tend to have a particular narrative pattern. The key to leadership storytelling is to master this narrative pattern. Once we understand this pattern and know how to put it into practice, we can reproduce effective change-inducing stories, whatever the situation we are in, whether your listener is a boss, a subordinate, a colleague, a customer, or a family member.
What stories you tell is more important than how you tell them. The first and the most important part of being a story teller is knowing what stories to tell.
A founding story. sharing a founding story gives your employees a chance to be a part of something bigger than just their jobs;
A story of courage and triumph Old man and the sea. a story of an old Cuban fisher man and his supreme ordeal a relentless agonizing battle with a giant Merlin far out in the gulf stream. courage in the face of defeat and personal triumph won from loss inspires every generation.
A story of equality. All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others. When the down trodden animals fro M Farm overthrow their master and take over they imagine that it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. However soon they discover a cunning ruthless elite among them masterminded by the pigs starts to take control. that is when the other animals discover they are not all equal as they thought for they find themselves hopelessly ensnared.
life's lessons happening almost before your eyes. tales to learn from.
Animal Stories.
A founding story. sharing a founding story gives your employees a chance to be a part of something bigger than just their jobs;
A story of courage and triumph Old man and the sea. a story of an old Cuban fisher man and his supreme ordeal a relentless agonizing battle with a giant Merlin far out in the gulf stream. courage in the face of defeat and personal triumph won from loss inspires every generation.
A story of equality. All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others. When the down trodden animals fro M Farm overthrow their master and take over they imagine that it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. However soon they discover a cunning ruthless elite among them masterminded by the pigs starts to take control. that is when the other animals discover they are not all equal as they thought for they find themselves hopelessly ensnared.
life's lessons happening almost before your eyes. tales to learn from.
Animal Stories.
- A friend in need is a friend indeed.
- A Town Mouse and A Country Mouse
- Elephant and Friends
- Four Friends
- Hungry Wolf
- The Clever Crab
- The Clever Frog
- The Crane and The Snake
Moral stories.
- A Wise Counting
- A Wise Old Owl
- Baa Baa Black Sheep
- Beg Your Pardon Mrs. Hardin
- Bell The Cat
- Belling The Cat
- Betty Botter
- Bye Baby Bunting
- Cat and Dog were Friends
- Clever Thief
- Cobbler Cobbler
- Cock-a-doodle doo
- Come To the Window
- Dick An Actor
- Diddle Diddle Dumpling
- Do You Know the Muffin Man?
- Do Your Ears Hang Low?
- Doctor Foster
- Faithful Jose
- Georgie Porgie
- Grey Goose and Gander
- Haste makes Waste
- Hey diddle diddle
- Hickory Dickory Dock
- Honesty is The Best Policy.
- Hunting With The Lion
- Long-Eared Puppy
- Look before You leap.
- My Son John
- Night Watchman
- Nursery Moral Stories
- One Nut and Two Boys
- Pride has A Fall.
- Satan in Disguise
- Selfish Friendship
- Sheba and The Monkey
- Silly Little Mariam
- The Camel and The Jackal
- The Cap-Seller and The Monkeys
- The Cat and The Fox
- The Cat is in the Well.
- The Cockerel
- The Crooked Tree
- The Crow and The Eagle
- The Cows and The Lion
- The Crane and The Wolf
- The Disobedient Boy
- The Disobedient Son
- The Dog and The Cows
- The Dog and The Donkey
- The Donkey in Lion's Skin
- The Donkey’s Brain
- The Dove and The Ant
- The Dreaming Astronomer
- The Failed Cock
- The Farmer and His Lazy Sons
- The Farmer and The Crane
- The Farmer and The Sparrows
- The Foolish Donkey
- The Foolish Hare
- The Foolish Wolf’s Flute
- The Fox and The Grapes!
- The Fox and The Stork - 1
- The Fox and The Stork - 2
- The Fox and The Crow
- The Fox and The Hare
- The Fox Without Tail
- The Giant and The Traveller
- The Girl without Hands
- The Golden Goose
- The Goose and Its Golden Egg!
- The Greedy Lion
- The Hare and The Lion
- The Hare and The Tortoise
- The Horse Who Wanted Safety
- The Inexperienced Mouse
- The Irresponsible Ox
- The King Cobra and The Ants
- The King and The Spider
- The Lion and The Frog
- The Lion and The Hog
- The Lion and The Mouse! : 1
- The Lion and The Mouse! : 2
- The Little Elves - 1
- The Little Elves - 2
- The Milk-Maid’s Dream
- The Mongoose and The Child
- The Mother Frost
- The Old Witch
- The Old Woman on the Moon
- The Peacock and The Crane
- The Poor Farmer
- The Poor Man’s Wealth
- The Proud Donkey
- The Red Hen and Her Friends
- The Right Person
- The Scared Little Mouse
- The Saint’s Wisdom
- The Salt Vendor and His Donkey
- The Shepherd Boy and The Wolf
- The Six Swans
- The Son of The Lioness
- The Story of The Desert
- The Thirsty Crow!
- The Tricky Fox
- The Truthful Woodcutter
- The Two Frogs
- The Two Pots
- The Valiant Tailor
- The Widow and Her Little Maidens
- The Wind and The Sun
- The Wise Cock and The Wicked Fox
- The Wise Judge
- The Wise Pigeon
- The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats
- The Wolf in Sheep-skin
- Two Silly Goats
- The Wolf and The Crane
- Two Friends and The Bear
Jataka tales
Aesop's Fables.
A Cartload of Almonds
• Boar with Foresight
• Defeated by Pride
• Fox in Cart
• Foxy Rooster
• Hanging Together
• Last Boast
• Monkey Business
• Pale Hunter
• Plane Truth
• Running with Herd
• Speedy Rabbit
• The Ailing Deer
• The Clever Sheep
• The Foolish Dog
• The Foolish Donkey
• The Oil Lamp Humbled
• The Sea pleads helplessness
• The Unseen Enemy
• Timidity
• Boar with Foresight
• Defeated by Pride
• Fox in Cart
• Foxy Rooster
• Hanging Together
• Last Boast
• Monkey Business
• Pale Hunter
• Plane Truth
• Running with Herd
• Speedy Rabbit
• The Ailing Deer
• The Clever Sheep
• The Foolish Dog
• The Foolish Donkey
• The Oil Lamp Humbled
• The Sea pleads helplessness
• The Unseen Enemy
• Timidity
Birbal stories.
1. Tansen ... A Great Singer
2. Dasvant ... A Great Painter
3. King Todarmal ... A Financial Wizard
4. Abdu us-Samad ... A Brilliant Calligrapher and Designer of Imperil Coins
5. Abul Fazal ... A Great Historian ( whose brother was Faizi )
6. Faizi ... A Great Poet
7. Mir Fareh-ullah Shirazi ... Financier,Philosopher,Physician & Astronomer
8. King Maan Singh ... A Great Man known for His Chivalry9. Birbal ... A Great Man known for His Valuable Advice.
2. Dasvant ... A Great Painter
3. King Todarmal ... A Financial Wizard
4. Abdu us-Samad ... A Brilliant Calligrapher and Designer of Imperil Coins
5. Abul Fazal ... A Great Historian ( whose brother was Faizi )
6. Faizi ... A Great Poet
7. Mir Fareh-ullah Shirazi ... Financier,Philosopher,Physician & Astronomer
8. King Maan Singh ... A Great Man known for His Chivalry9. Birbal ... A Great Man known for His Valuable Advice.
Modern stories.
• A Little Friend
• A Mysterious Memory
• An Old Lady and The Lamp
• Christopher’s encounter with The Aliens
• Count The Blessings, Not The Curses
• Holidays
• Home Alone
• Sleepovers
• The Coconut Tree
• The Kindhearted Villager
• The Lost Ball
• The Magic Hole
• The Magic Potion
• The Missing Sweetmeat
• The Mule
• The Mysterious School
• The Secret of Work
• The Three Sons of The King
• The Wishing Tree
• Tikku and The Rats
• Wonderful Christmas Gift.
• A Mysterious Memory
• An Old Lady and The Lamp
• Christopher’s encounter with The Aliens
• Count The Blessings, Not The Curses
• Holidays
• Home Alone
• Sleepovers
• The Coconut Tree
• The Kindhearted Villager
• The Lost Ball
• The Magic Hole
• The Magic Potion
• The Missing Sweetmeat
• The Mule
• The Mysterious School
• The Secret of Work
• The Three Sons of The King
• The Wishing Tree
• Tikku and The Rats
• Wonderful Christmas Gift.
Mulla Stories.
• A Question of Time
• Donkey of Hodja
• Fired by Fear
• Hodja and The Scholar
• Hodja Goes to Tailor
• Hodja’s Holy House
• Hodja in The Dust
• Hodja is Relieved
• Hodja Postpones Paying
• Hodja Refuses to Write
• Hodja's Rich Dream
• Hodja Suggests Remedy
• Hodja The King
• Milk for Mullah
• Sour Reply
• Speedy Ox
• Super Salesman
• Sweet Quarrels
• The Incomplete Coffin
• The Mind-Reader
• The Mulla in Muddle
• The Mulla Pleads Poverty
• The Relatives of Donkey
• The Scholarly Coachman.
• Donkey of Hodja
• Fired by Fear
• Hodja and The Scholar
• Hodja Goes to Tailor
• Hodja’s Holy House
• Hodja in The Dust
• Hodja is Relieved
• Hodja Postpones Paying
• Hodja Refuses to Write
• Hodja's Rich Dream
• Hodja Suggests Remedy
• Hodja The King
• Milk for Mullah
• Sour Reply
• Speedy Ox
• Super Salesman
• Sweet Quarrels
• The Incomplete Coffin
• The Mind-Reader
• The Mulla in Muddle
• The Mulla Pleads Poverty
• The Relatives of Donkey
• The Scholarly Coachman.
Zen stories.
• A Handful of Answers
• Making a Difference
• Overcoming Anger
• Right Move
• Sleepy Teacher
• The End
• When Truth Dawned.
• Making a Difference
• Overcoming Anger
• Right Move
• Sleepy Teacher
• The End
• When Truth Dawned.
Classic stories.