Slide 2. Introduce the subject matter or business content, much as the introduction to a paper would do.
Example: “NASA has a reputation for communication issues among teammates, but our team is going to change all of that. This presentation does this and that.”
Slide 3. Building Trust and Collaboration. Discuss the importance of trust and collaboration in the workplace, then identify and discuss at least two tools or strategies (other than storytelling) leaders can use for building trust and fostering collaboration.
Slide 4. Storytelling. Explain ways in which leaders can use storytelling to build trust and relationships.
Slide 5. Transition into the story. This slide should transition into your story, setting the expectations of the audience of what is to come.
Example: “I once worked at another company that had some major communications issues. It wasn’t life or death like here at NASA, but we did have some serious problems in communications that impacted our ability to be effective. Let me share with you a story to illustrate a vision of how we can work together . . .”
Slide 6. Tell the Story. This slide should actually tell your story:
Set the stage.
Describe the conflict.
Describe the resolution.
Example: “About 10 years ago I was working as a shift leader at a manufacturing facility where safety was supposedly part of the culture, yet we had a frighteningly bad safety record . . .” Continue the story.
Slide 7. Connect the story to a teaching point or subject matter. This slide should bring your story back to the issue at hand.
Example: “In this situation, we learned this and that. Here at NASA, we can do the same thing. We can prove that communications this and that.” Think of this like explaining the moral of the story.
Slide 8. References. Include references here.
Competency 2: Apply leadership strengths and behaviors to workplace situations.
Apply storytelling skills to a workplace situation where trust and collaboration are essential.
Competency 3: Recommend evidence-based strategies for leading and collaborating in complex environments.
Analyze the tools leaders can use to build trust and relationships, foster collaboration, and help employees feel engaged with their work.
Explain ways in which leaders use storytelling to build trust and relationships.
Competency 4: Communicate effectively through academic and professional writing.
Develop text using organization, structure, and transitions that demonstrate understanding of the relationship between the main topic and subtopics.
Integrate appropriate use of scholarly sources, evidence, and citation style.
Convey clear meaning in text through sound grammar, usage, word choice, and mechanics.
