Women
in Business Discussion Group Tuesday 23 February 2016 | 5.45pm – 8pm | CPA
Centre Level 3, 111 Harrington St
For our first session of 2016 we welcome Dr Claire Scobie to
present Storytelling for Leaders - How to ensure your message is
heard in 2016
Have you ever delivered
a presentation to your team and known they weren’t listening? It’s not a good
feeling. At work we often forget to talk like we do with friends and family. We
forget to tell stories and use anecdotes to illustrate what we are trying to
say. We rely on power points, jargon and complex language. No wonder people
stop listening.
Stories can influence in
ways that stats can’t and those businesses that
tell the best ones will thrive in the 21st-century. We are all
hardwired to listen to stories, especially value-rich and motivating stories.
They create meaning and connection between people. Too often we roll out a new
strategy with data and facts, giving our team little reason to listen let alone
implement the strategy. If a leader can harness the power of story it has a
better chance to stick.
Dr Claire Scobie works
with medium to large companies on how to harness the power of storytelling
during times of change. She is accredited to deliver the Storytelling for Leaders™ program under
license from Anecdote. She particularly enjoys working with women who want to
accelerate their careers and communicate more effectively so their message is
heard. Claire is the award-winning author of Last Seen in Lhasa, The
Pagoda Tree and Basser, Baxter & Goldstein. She writes
for numerous publications including Acuity, the Sydney Morning Herald
and London’s Daily Telegraph; mentors corporate leaders; gives
keynotes and facilitates workshops; and hosts literary tours to India with
Abercrombie & Kent. In 2013 she completed a Doctor of Creative Arts
degree at the University of Western Sydney. www.wordstruck.com.au.
To
attend, please RSVP to Reis at cpawibfb@gmail.com
or via Facebook by 5pm Friday 19 February.
