Engaging Leader

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221: Simple Visual Story (SVS) Model for Effective Communication | with Matthew Pierce

Engaging Leader

A powerful story creates an emotional bond, so people are more likely to be open, willing, or even motivated to change. Will your spokespeople or other characters resonate appropriately with the real-life people in your audience? Story: Connection. Entertainment. 30% of people say a movie has changed their mind about an issue.

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084: Scaling Up Excellence: Getting To More Without Settling For Less | with Bob Sutton

Engaging Leader

Starting with a full working prototype (rather than theory) that your people can see Connect-and-cascade process: going beyond the usual “cascading through the management ranks” by using social bonds to spread the right mindset Guardrail strategy: specifying as few constraints as you possibly can—picking those precious few that matter most and pack (..)