Impactful Leadership through Storytelling
Connection. Engagement. Inspiration. Purpose.
Stories leave a deep impression on people. Everyone enjoys stories that resonate with them and the work they are involved in. In the complex environment of schools, a leader’s ability to connect, inspire and engage is essential.
Storytelling in leadership plays a big role in driving staff buy-in and improving staff engagement within an organisation. It is a learned skill that can shift employees’ mindsets by suspending beliefs and introducing new ideas, and it allows leaders to communicate their vision to guide employees in the right direction.
Participants will have the opportunity to develop and share their own stories using the FRAMEwork ä shown below. Examples of real stories will be shared and case studies will be used for discussion.
In this one day workshop, leaders will learn how storytelling can help them share norms and values, develop trust and commitment, impart tacit knowledge, facilitate unlearning and generate emotional connection. In addition, stories can help leaders navigate change and to persuade and influence and, in the process, broadening the repertoire of engagement skills of leaders.
About the Facilitator
Mr Manogaran Suppiah has been in the education service for over four decades. He has had an unusual career of teaching in the primary, secondary and pre-university classrooms over a period of 16 years before moving into leadership roles in schools and junior college, including significant periods as a Cluster Superintendent, Founding Director of the Academy of Singapore Teachers (AST) and the CEO of SINDA. Trained as a Consultant in Organisational Learning, Mr Mano has been invited to conduct workshops and seminars across the world. He has a special love for professional development and is keen to share his strategies he had deployed in the different organisations and contexts he had served.