Storytelling workshops for leaders and teams2024 series overview
Listen – Share – Connect – Succeed
Goal: Help leaders tell stories that inspire teams to do great things
Outcomes: Conceptual understanding, practical tools, personal project
Time: 1 x 4 hours or 2 x 3 hours, in person
Facilitators: Jo Fitzgerald, Colin Rowsell
Contact: jo@jofitzconsulting.co.nz, colin@manonfire.org
Once upon a time, everything changed. And it’s never stopped.
We’ve all felt the power of a leader who tells great stories, the clarity that brings and the impact that has on a team. We can all do this: every human is a natural story maker. But it’s not always easy to share that story, make it real, ‘get over ourselves’ and connect deeply with the people around us to get things done.
Jo Fitzgerald and Colin Rowsell are leaders and communicators who’ve supported teams through some of the biggest challenges imaginable. Our storytelling workshops are designed for:
- leaders and Managers in public and commercial sectors
- teams facing change and uncertainty
- anyone looking to enhance their storytelling abilities to connect, lead and succeed.
Each highly interactive workshop explores 5 core beliefs that hold the keys to effective storytelling:
- The best leaders tell powerful, vulnerable and ambitious stories.
- The stories teams tell themselves are transformative.
- The best stories are created together.
- Listening deeply to each other is the best way to create stories together.
- Everyone can be a storyteller and story creator.
By the end of the workshop, you will have a deeper understanding of how and why storytelling works, practical tools to shape compelling stories, and insight to help you craft and share your personal leadership narrative.
Meet Your Facilitators
Jo Fitzgerald
Jo Fitzgerald has held senior leadership roles in the NZ public sector, including for the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority. She specializes in helping leaders and teams understand themselves and each other better, unlocking the magic that happens when diverse strengths and perspectives come together. Jo has always focused on collaboration, finding areas of agreement even in challenging situations. Her passion is helping people work together better, aiming their self-awareness, passion, and strengths towards making a difference in the world. Learn more about Jo’s experience at Jo Fitz Consulting.
Colin Rowsell
Colin Rowsell brings a rich background in specialist narrative and strategy development across sectors, including startup businesses, growth tech companies, film, TV, and video game production. Known as a dynamic and entertaining presenter, Colin was the first Global Copy Director at Xero and the Head of Strategy at runn.io and the Wellington Chocolate Factory. Alongside his ongoing strategic advisory work, Colin was recently part of the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care.
