093: How to Reframe the Drama Narratives on Your Job | Annette Simmons
Release Date: 11/27/2024
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120: From Storytelling to Sense-Making: How Teams Build Meaning Together | David Hutchens
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You already know story matters. However, a few subtle hang-ups may still be holding you back. In this episode, I reframe four common storytelling mistakes so you can get comfortable, get practicing, and get your stories working for you. Practice over theory: Storytelling is a verb. Shift the ratio from âone more book/frameworkâ to actual reps. You donât have one story: You have many. Build a Story Bank and match moments to context and audience. Personal â private: Tell human, lived stories (with appropriate vulnerability) without oversharing. Process >...
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113: You Get to Change Your Mind
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info_outlineAre you dealing with insufferable people on your job? đ¤
Are you the insufferable person? đ
Whoooo okay I wonât go there.
But seriously, how are the turf wars and the drama going these days at your job?
Are you ready to get a reframe so you can experience things differently?
If you are my guest Annette Simmons is going to help you do just that.
Annette is the CEO of Group Process Consulting and a best-selling author of books that define and promote âpower-withâ strategies and principles even though (and in some cases, specifically because) they undermine autocratic âpower-overâ strategies.
One of her bestsellers The Story Factor: Inspiration, Influence, and Persuasion through the Art of Storytelling was named twice as one of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time.
This is the book that introduced me to Annetteâs work but itâs just scratching the surface. We dive into the why and how to deal with the territorial games on your job that might be driving you mad.
In this episode, we talk about:
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How accepting your difference, leaning into your curiosity, and âfollowing your weirdâ can lead you to the unique things you create
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Why itâs important that you not dismiss the drama on your job as simply noise
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How to spot the predictable tactics commonly used to protect silos on your job and how to deal with them
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How looking for and listening to stories of others can be your empathy superpower on your job
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The six stories you need to know how to share
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And so much more!
Annette is a wealth of wisdom and practical advice that youâll only start to experience in this episode.
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About My Guest:
Annette Simmons is a vibrant keynote speaker, author, consultant, and CEO of Group Process Consulting. Annetteâs most popular book, The Story Factor: Inspiration, Influence, and Persuasion through the Art of Storytelling was named twice as one of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time. All five of Simmonsâ business books define and promote âpower-withâ strategies and principles even though (and in some cases, specifically because) they undermine autocratic âpower-overâ strategies.
Annette uses storytelling to teach work groups how to dialogue about diverse perspectives and connect the dots between seemingly adversarial perceptions into a new shared bigger picture. Her first book Territorial Games: Understanding and Ending Turf Wars at Work was the result of her recording true stories about âturf warsâ that revealed ten predictable tactics commonly used to protect silos.
Her most recent book Drinking from a Different Well: How Womenâs Stories Change What Power Means in Action challenges traditional assumptions about what power is, what it is for, and who should have it. This book is a love letter to women who instinctively seek to balance âwinningâ with moral acts of generosity that protect the weak and preserve our planet.
Her clients have included NASA, Microsoft, Meta, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, businesses large and small, non-profits, and governments.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joyâs coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
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