Tales are a potent force in human consciousness. Margaret Parkin demonstrates how this holds true in organizations, and how stories can serve to crystallize and carry important business messages and themes.

Tales for Trainers: Using Stories and Metaphors to Facilitate Learning

Business & Money

Parkin, Margaret

Management & Leadership

Kogan Page Business Books

* Companion to the highly successful 'Tales for Trainers'

Tales for Coaching: Using Stories and Metaphors with Individuals & Small Groups

The link between storytelling and the concept of change and transition is as old as some of the stories themselves; the frog turns into the handsome prince, the ugly duckling into a swan and Cinderella into a princess. However, storytelling is not just the province of children: it is a powerful and compelling resource that can be used to re-frame and re-size problems and provide useful metaphors for the boardroom, office and individual.

Tales for Change: Using Storytelling to Develop People and Organizations

Tales for Trainers is an introduction to using stories, anecdotes and metaphors to give training programs more impact. Beginning by setting the use of stories in learning on a sound theoretical footing, the book goes on to include sample stories that trainers can read aloud to groups. The author provides 50 tales that will immediately help trainers, managers, educators and coaches to reinforce key messages and stimulate fresh thinking. Proven to work in a variety of training environments the stories themselves range from ones written specifically by the author to carefully selected extracts from literature (everything from Lewis Carol to James Thurber). The linking factor in all of the stories is that they each work brilliantly as an aid to learning.Complete with a detailed matrix showing which tales can effectively be used to promote particular learning concepts (communication, leadership, problem solving, dealing with change, etc), this radical and ground-breaking book is sure to change the way you help others to learn.

Kogan Page.

In this companion to Tales for Trainers, Margaret Parkin presents a further 50 stories, anecdotes, metaphors and poetry, which any trainer or manager can readily use to encourage and engage learners.  The stories cover key areas of organizational training, including leadership, communication and change.  The book also includes a matrix showing which tales can be used to promote particular actions or concepts.Readers will be provided with access to an online audio demonstration so they can hear what the story sounds like in action.

More Tales for Trainers: Using Stories and Metaphors to Influence and Encourage Learning

Storytelling is a powerful and compelling resource that can be used to re-frame and re-size problems and provide useful metaphors for the boardroom, office and individual. Showing how and when to use stories to maximum effect, Tales for Change helps managers, trainers, educators and coaches reinforce key messages or stimulate fresh thinking.  The book includes 50 tried and tested tales that can be used in the boardroom, office, training room, or conference center to help people and organizations through a change or transition  Stories are organized under five heading: dealing with change, being creative, leaders and teams, dealing with stress, and emotional intelligence.  These tales communicate ideas, aid memorable learning and encourage brainstorming sessions, as well as help those involved cope with the stress of change, enhance emotional intelligence and increase creativity.

More and more people are discovering how to use storytelling to bring about change and reinforce learning. In this book, Margaret Parkin combines these two approaches into a powerful and effective technique to assist personal change. Showing how and when to use stories to maximum effect, Parkin demonstrates how coaching can have greater impact with the effective use of storytelling. Complete with sample stories that can be read aloud in a variety of coaching situations, Tales for Coaching includes 50 tales that will immediately help coaches, trainers, managers and educators reinforce key messages or stimulate fresh thinking. The stories themselves range from those written specifically by the author to carefully selected material from literary sources (everything from Aesop and Winnie the Pooh to Stephen Covey). Each tried and tested tale is a proven and effective aid to improve coaching.

Tales for Coaching: Using Stories and Metaphors with Individuals and Small Groups

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Tales for Trainers: Using Stories and Metaphors to Facilitate Learning

Tales for Coaching: Using Stories and Metaphors with Individuals & Small Groups

Tales for Change: Using Storytelling to Develop People and Organizations

Tales for Trainers: Using Stories and Metaphors to Facilitate Learning

More Tales for Trainers: Using Stories and Metaphors to Influence and Encourage Learning

Tales for Change: Using Storytelling to Develop People and Organizations

Tales for Coaching: Using Stories and Metaphors with Individuals and Small Groups