Tales for Trainers

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Kogan Page Publishers, 1998 - Business & Economics - 178 pages
An introduction to using stories, anecdotes, metaphors and poetry to give training programmes more impact. Tales for Trainers Using Stories and Metaphors to Facilitate Learning includes 50 tales that trainers can read aloud and a matrix showing which tales can be used in a variety of training sessions, such as communication, leadership, and problem-solving.
 

Contents

Stories for Learning
14
The Right Time and Place
34
Its the Way you Tell them
51
1
67
The Tube of Toothpaste
74
The Meaning of my Communication
78
Percy the Pot
80
Sophie Learns a Lesson
82
The Prince and the Magician
118
Giant Steps
120
The Prophet
122
The Professionals
124
The Miller his Son and their Donkey
126
Leave Well Alone
128
The Horse on the Road
130
The Wedgwood China Shop
132

The Cookery Book Game
84
If in Doubt Delegate
86
Our Deepest Fear
88
The Enormous Turnip
90
Memorandum
92
Mother and the Knife Grinder
94
The Moth and the Star
96
Waste Paper
98
Keeping Body and Soul Together
100
There is no Such Thing as a Difficult Delegate
102
Alice Meets the Cheshire Cat
104
Setting the World on Fire
106
The Sun and the Wind
108
Autobiography in Fve Short Chapters
110
Did I Tell you the One About ?
112
The Ball of Wool
114
The Project
116
The Pirate Ship
134
Lessons from the Geese
136
The Correct Procedure
138
Johns Tale
140
Role Play
142
How the Waters Changed
144
Rodneys Tale
146
A Leaders Prayer
148
Just a Bod
150
Fitness for the Purpose
152
All Those Buns
155
Six Honest ServingMen
156
Houdini and the Locked Door
158
Revolution in your Mind
160
The Tortoise and the Hare Revisited
162
References
172
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Margaret Parkin is Founder and Principal of Success Stories, UK. She has worked as a trainer, coach and speaker with individuals, groups and major organizations for over 20 years, helping them with her innovative and refreshing approach to training.