The Corporate Storytellers' Club Podcast

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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).

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).

Leaders - Discover why choosing to gather and share more personal stories (both from others as well as yourself) can help you create a more inclusive, collaborative and cohesive workplace culture. Business storytelling specialist Eamonn O'Brien chats with one of Europe's leading business psychologists - who's a close friend and a speaker, author, and an expert in leadership without mind games - Dr. Frank Hagenow about why and how leaders can use stories to earn more trust and spur their teams on to achieve their true and full potential (And in the process: achieve stronger, more human and more trusted emotional connection and resonance with all they wish to influence

Learn why it's so important for organisations to have a more inclusive approach to corporate storytelling. Transformative business storytelling specialist Eamonn O'Brien speaks with Jackie Handy, one of the UK's most prominent speakers and trainers on diversity and inclusion, about the role stories can play in creating a more inclusive culture - which welcomes, supports, leverages and embraces the power and potential of diversity in the workplace (which, in turn, creates conditions that encourage greater creativity, belonging and meaning for all to flourish in any organisation)

Learn why storytelling can a secret weapon source of influence for introvert leaders. Transformative business storytelling specialist Eamonn O'Brien speaks with leadership speaker and author of 3 bestselling books on introverts, Jennifer Kahnweiler about why and how introvert executives who learn to hone better storytelling skills can multiply their communication impact, confidence and perceived trustworthiness - helping them to more easily inspire others without being pushy

Learn why leaders who share stories that feel more 'human' versus being 'impressive' will win more connection and engagement from their audiences than those who play things more safely. Business storytelling expert Eamonn O'Brien chats with Dutch storyteller, purpose economy evangelist, freedom fighter, and pal Hans Bassing about why it's so important for leaders to break away from safe, perfect or polished corporate stories and to pick stories that speak to being human instead...And why these ideas are so important in a world that is becoming more digitalised or automated in most every industry.

Learn how to find, adapt or create stories that inspire international audiences Business storytelling expert Eamonn O'Brien chats with the multi-award winning, CPAE, social media marketing, and Hall of Fame keynote speaker Terry Brock about how to localize stories for different international audiences (who often come from greatly different cultures to yours) in ways that they'll love, remember and share

Discover the secrets to crafting stories that 'appeal to' and 'get shared by' online communities. Business storytelling expert Eamonn O'Brien chats with Cofounder of Mykidstime.ie (which has a community of over 600,000 parents ), multi-award-winning blogger, digital marketer, and my pal, Jill Holtz about stories that succeed online - winning more views, engagement, comments, shares, and plaudits.

Leaders - discover 6 awesome and easy strategies that will help you to find and share more 'funny' in the stories you choose to share with people you want to influence (without resorting to joke-telling, which is always a bad plan)! Business storytelling specialist Eamonn O'Brien chats with one the world's most celebrated motivational humorists (who also happens to be a Hall of Fame speaker), Tim Gard, about his best tips on finding humour that can boost your leadership impact - by defusing difficult or stressful situations, creating more power teaching or learning moments, and earn you more trust too.

Discover the 3 most important types of stories that matter when you want to inspire change... ...And how stories can help you to conquer the biggest reasons most change management projects fail. Business storytelling specialist Eamonn O'Brien chats with German business psychologist and world authority on how to lead others without mind game Dr. Frank Hagenow about how 'story' versus 'instruction' led communications is far more likely to result in easier, more enthusiastically embraced, successful and longer-lasting changes in most any organisation.

Here's your chance to get invaluable insights into how to source and hone stories that inspire from one of the most popular and in-demand professional speakers in the world. Business storytelling specialist Eamonn O'Brien chats with the internationally renowned motivational humorist and hall of fame speaker Lou Heckler about the art of mastering storytelling for corporate audiences.

Learn why choosing to lead with stories (ahead of facts) is a winning strategy when it comes to changing attitudes and behaviours. Business storytelling specialist Eamonn O'Brien chats today with one of the leading experts on environmental waste reduction in Europe, the national coordinator for environmental advocacy group, Voice of the Irish Concern for the Environment, and who happens to be my wife Mindy O'Brien, about how changing the stories your audiences believe could be achieved - globally and personally - can inspire extraordinary change. Here are some real-life examples of how sharing better stories of how things could be is helping to reduce the scourge of plastic in Ireland.

Learn how the stories you choose to share and/or believe about 'how things could be' shape the decisions you make and those made by others - including customers, executive teams, employees or peers -  you may want to influence. Business storytelling specialist Eamonn O'Brien speaks with business growth consultant, author, speaker, and executive coach Paul Davis about the role stories can play in inspiring better and more fulfilling decisions.

Discover how the power of story is used to market exciting new Irish whiskeys around the world - winning hearts, minds and shelf space in every continent. Business storytelling specialist Eamonn O'Brien chats with serial entrepreneur, founder of exploration firms around the world, beloved lecturer on all things business in Ireland, and a man who is at the vanguard of a worldwide resurgence of interest in Irish whiskey, John Telling - when they discuss why stories need to be at the centre of everything you do from a marketing perspective to create demand for even the best of new Irish whiskeys.

Like to know what it really takes to create viral video stories? If so, you're going to love this interview. Business storytelling expert Eamonn O'Brien chats with one of the top bloggers in the world, a fellow co-founder of GoDoVideo, a social media queen and the founder of Spiderworking (and a great pal) Amanda Webb about how anyone can make more interesting videos their target audiences will love - with a lot less effort (and without spending a lot of money). Whether you're a novice or have a deal of content creation experience, everyone can learn from the ideas Amanda shares in this conversation. Enjoy!

Learn why it pays to lead with stories when you need to communicate across national boundaries and cultures. Business storytelling specialist Eamonn O'Brien speaks with cross cultural communication speaker, author and expert David Clive Price about what it really takes to win attention, interest, trust and acceptance when addressing audiences with different cultures to yours - with a special focus on how to go local and connect with many, many different audience cultures in Asia.

Learn about the connection between stories and memories that last and why some stories are far more memorable than others. Business storytelling expert Eamonn O'Brien chats with specialist researcher on human cognition and memory, author of Human Memory, and University of Notre Dame Professor Gabriel Radvansky about how the human brain operates and memories are formed - delving into why you are hard wired to remember stories ahead of any other information you encounter AND the secrets to stories you'll find easy to remember for years vs hours or days! 

Here's a great case study example of story power in action - where stories have been used to drive a better culture, results and mentality in the workplace. Corporate storytelling specialist Eamonn O'Brien speaks with speaker, author of Joy Inc, and Chief storyteller, CEO and tour guide at Menlo Innovations Inc about how he uses stories to capture how their software and ways of doing things impacts their customers, people using their systems and their staff...And the profound effects of creating a story-centric culture (both on those who share stories and those who hear them).

Leaders, get a plethora of secrets about how you can use stories to inspire and influence others AND how 'storifying' your data can turn dull facts into fascinating, superior and memorable meaning for most any audience. Business storytelling specialist Eamonn O'Brien chats with story coach, trainer, author, speaker and founder of Just Story It, Karen Dietz about finding and sharing stories that cause those you lead to feel more valued, inspired and inspiring.

If you've ever wondered what it takes to craft more interesting and memorable stories that get remembered, you'll love today's podcast. Lean in to hear my recent conversation with speaker, podcaster, corporate trainer in leadership and storytelling techniques, and author of 'Lead with a story' and 'Sell with a story', Paul Smith about the art of crafting compelling and memorable business stories - the kind of stories that cause audiences to think differently.

Get insights into how being story-centric can help you to boost your sales results. Lean in to hear business storytelling specialist Eamonn O'Brien chat with Mexico based lecturer, speaker and Co-Founder of Astrolab Andres Oliveros about how to use stories to change sales conversations and results.

Here's what it takes to use stories for greater audience engagement and why corporative narratives matter when managing change. Business storytelling specialist Eamonn O'Brien chats with the author of Putting Stories to Work, the host of Anecdotally Speaking and the CEO of Anecdote.com, Shawn Callahan about why corporations should crave and develop a storytelling culture to facilitate better leadership, ability to adopt change and results.

Learn about the powerful ways in which your brain reacts when you listen to stories and how leaders and experts can use this knowledge to inspire audiences at new, heightened levels. Business storytelling specialist Eamonn O'Brien chats with business psychologist, neuroscientist, author and speaker Dr Lynda Shaw about what really happens when audience experience stories and how this affects their attention, engagement, and subsequent recall.

Learn why and how it pays to lead with stories to connect with and inspire people across cultures. Business storytelling expert Eamonn O'Brien chats with Netherlands based communication coach, speaker, moderator, storytelling fan and cross cultural communication specialist Katja Scleicher about what it takes for leaders to achieve greater cultural resonance with their staff and customers & why stories must be given a pivotal role to inspire one and all.

Discover why true stories are a ticket to greater trust for leaders. Business storytelling expert Eamonn O'Brien chats with media coach, MC, multi-award winning professional speaker, author and reputation management specialist Alan Stevens about the role stories can, should and do play in how leaders are perceived - within their own organisation, their industry and in the media.

Here's how small changes to the stories you tell yourself about who you are, what you do and what you could do can help you to bring your results to a whole new level. Business storytelling expert Eamonn O'Brien chats with endurance athlete, speaker, author of The Goal Getter and goal setting specialist Gerry Duffy about how to use stories to delimit and reset your psychology -- helping you to believe bigger, better stretch goals can now fall within your reach or compass.

Learn how using authentic stories can boost your audience connection for you, your ideas and your business - online and offline. Business storytelling expert Eamonn O'Brien chats with mobile marketing expert, CNN contributor, and speaker Jamie Turner about the secrets to tapping into authentic or more human storytelling for greater audience rapport, bonding, and impact. 

Uncover what every leader should know about setting your stories up for greater impact through social media. Business storytelling expert Eamonn O'Brien chats with the queen of all things marketing on LinkedIn, Viveka Von Rosen, about a plethora of ways leaders can use LinkedIn to boost and extend the power of their stories online - helping them to get noticed and create greater visibility, trust and traction for their ideas and businesses online.