Discover ideas that can help you to face huge and unexpected challenges by finding ways to reframe the stories you believe and action In today's podcast I speak with professional speaker and life coach Jason Le Masurier about how he used reframing to overcome a crisis that was nothing short of life threatening 15 years ago...and what you can learn from his extraordinary experiences and ideas, including: ✅ How to step back and assess a crisis situation in a different and less debilitating way, and ✅ How to reframe your stories of how things could be to create better possibilities (and then plot your course to achieving better outcomes despite the road bumps/challenges you are sure to meet along the way)
Oct 6, 2022
24 min
If you’ve ever wondered how come some people can manage to achieve amazing momentum and results for a given business idea while others pursuing fairly similar ideas can’t and don’t… …You’re going to love my recent interview with personal branding expert, keynote speaker, educator, and author Mark Schafer about his brand new book Cumulative Advantage – when he spills the beans on how the stories you tell yourself and others about ‘how things could be’ can dramatically alter: a) How you feel about what you’re trying to do, and b) your ability to have your ideas more widely and rapidly heard, believed and actioned.
Mar 11, 2021
14 min
Learn how leaders can use simple active listening strategies to hear more personal stories that matter and really should be shared from work, rest, and play. In today’s interview I’m delighted to speak with a pal and fellow-specialist in business storytelling, who is an author, trainer, recipient of the internationally acclaimed designations of Certified Professional Speaker and Global Speaking Fellow, and is based in Ontario, Susan Luke Evans. Lean in as we discuss the importance of taking the time to truly listen to stories that matter from those we wish to influence and the motivational effects of selectively sharing these stories with others.
Sep 9, 2020
34 min
Learn about stories that can register, stir and inspire more action taking within your team during this Coronavirus crisis’ By popular demand, I'm delighted to reintroduce you to a fellow specialist in transformative business storytelling, as well as being an author, coach and trainer who is based in San Diego, Dr Karen Dietz. Lean in as we delve into the types of stories that can help leaders to cause their teams, clients, prospects and peers to think and act differently during a time crisis AND how to find these stories.
Aug 13, 2020
24 min
Learn how the stories you tell yourself both affect you (eg how you perceive the world and decisions you choose to make) and your ability to influence others. Master business storytelling expert Eamonn O'Brien speaks with internationally recognised authority on motivation and decision making, prolific academic author, speaker, and the Jeffrey Breakenridge Keller Professor of Behavioural Science and Marketing at The University of Chicago Booth School of Management, Ayelet Fischbach about how the stories you tell yourself can: a) Hamper your ability to learn from failures and great advice, and b) Undermine your capacity to adopt habits you’d like to acquire
Jul 9, 2020
23 min
Learn how leaders can find, develop, and achieve better stories for their business by taking the time to tap into future thinking strategies. Master business storytelling expert Eamonn O'Brien speaks with futurist, keynote speaker, author, and CEO of Fast Future Ltd, Rohit Talwar about his new book "Aftershocks and Opportunities" and the art of using future thinking - even at times of huge uncertainty and crisis - to shape and craft better narratives for their businesses and the customers they serve.
Jun 22, 2020
30 min
Learn why it's so important to pay attention to the stories you tell yourself and how making small changes in how you think can transform your self-confidence, your outlook, your capacity to be persuasive, and the amount of trust others place in you. Lean into my conversation with trial attorney, tv legal analyst, author of The Elegant Warrior, host of the 'The Elegant Warrior' podcast and CEO of Advocate to Win, Heather Hansen to hear us discuss: a) How to tap into the power of self-advocacy to craft better stories for yourself (as well as others), and b) How to overcome your internal jury, which can all too easily serve to limit your thinking or potential
May 19, 2020
14 min
Learn how building resilience during this coronavirus crisis can help you to get through periods of great uncertainty by tapping into the inspiring stories you need to tell yourself and others. Business storytelling expert Eamonn O'Brien chats with resilience expert and coach Nicki Bass about how to unearth new, powerful and inspiring stories at times when you need them most.
Apr 23, 2020
9 min
Discover why focusing on storytelling is so important if you want to reframe thinking within your organisation and inspire greater willingness and capacity to make changes happen. Business storytelling expert Eamonn O'Brien chats with BBC broadcaster, international keynote speaker, trainer, corporate facilitator and mentalist David Meade about why and how stories play such pivotal roles in what people you'd like to influence believe, how open they are to change, and the future actions they choose to take (both now and into the future).
Mar 24, 2020
30 min
Want to break free from stories and ways of thinking that may be holding your business back and to find increasingly better stories for you, the teams you lead, and your customers? Then you're in the right place. Business storytelling expert Eamonn O'Brien chats with comedian and international keynote speaker on corporate disruption Tom Lightning about how companies don't disrupt, people do AND how you can use stories to disrupt those you want to influence (including yourself).
Mar 5, 2020
16 min
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