EP#51: The power of telling a story, with Gabrielle Dolan

A highly sought-after keynote speaker, educator and author, Gabrielle has worked with thousands of high-profile leaders from around the world and helped several of Australia’s top 50 companies and multinationals to humanise their communications - These have included Telstra, EY, Accenture, VISA, Australia Post, National Australia Bank, ANZ, Vodafone and the Obama Foundation just to mention a few.   She holds a master’s degree in Management and Leadership from Swinburne University, an associate diploma in Education and Training from the University of Melbourne, and is a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School of Executive Education in both the Art and the Practice of Leadership Development and Women and Power: Leadership in a New World. Gabrielle is also the bestselling author of Real Communication: How to be you and lead true, and a finalist in the Australian Business Leadership Book Awards for 2019. Her other published books include Stories for Work: The Essential Guide to Business Storytelling (2017), Storytelling for Job Interviews (2016) and several other renowned works. Discussed in this episode: Why storytelling is a skill in growing demand Finding a balance between vulnerable and professional How to influence without manipulation Using the heart to reach the head – the affective power of stories The benefits of keeping stories and data separate Why all leaders should strive to be authentic The risks of jargon and acronyms Keeping messages as simple as possible Gabrielle’s top tips for communicators Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.