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NEW! Words for Wellbeing - Creative Writing Workshop
Starts 15 Feb and runs fortnightly, 12.30pm to 2pm, Chester. £10 per session. Book now.

NEW! The Story Cafe - Your Oasis in your Busy Week

  • The Story Cafe™ - Saturday 4 Feb, 3pm to 5pm, Mad Hatters Tearoom, Chester.
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Group Coaching Supervision - a Taster Event for business, executive and life coaches - Thurs 2 February, 6.30pm to 8.30pm, Chester. £10 per person. Book now.

  • Power of Stories Spring 2012 - Team Building & Motivation, Improving Communication Skills, Storytelling Skills for Coaches - contact us for more details

Client Testimony

The Story Cafe™ "I wanted to thank you for a very enjoyable Story Cafe in Chester. Both myself and my partner got so much from the event. You have a very charismatic style and we both felt you had really given the content of the event a lot of thought. I'm still even now reflecting on the stories and how you managed to pack so much into 2 hours."  RS

Workshop on Organisational Storytelling

"Highly recommended. Elizabeth [Gates] and Lisa [Rossetti] really do make conversations easier. Their introduction to the storytelling as an approach to business and organisation development was a joy.”
Peter Bond. Learning Futures Consulting and Regional Director for Liverpool’s Gurteen Knowledge Café.

The Story Cafe™

Really enjoyed today - it was just the creative reflection space my soul needed!

Power of Stories™ Workshop "Making Meaningful Connections"

The whole day was brilliant. 
Such an enjoyable course.

The course was superb and I learned a lot.

A reminder of how powerful stories can be and to be fully aware of this.
The course was inspirational and helped me to have more awareness.
Never enjoyed training as much as this course.

Excellent trainer, very interesting, great group.

 

 

 

 

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My Current Projects

International Women's Day - 8 March. Celebrating with Stories in Chester!
Watch out for announcements here!

Words for Wellbeing - Creative Writing workshops, fortnightly in Chester. Starts 15 Feb.

The Story Cafe ™ Next date: Sat 4 Feb, Chester

World Storytelling Day, 20 March,  2012 - an IMPACT event

Book me for your event or story-based project.

The Saga of the White Van & The SuperHero

Driving home today from a business meeting in the delightful Crabwall Manor Hotel, I saw a van parked up with the name "Flat Pack Mark" on the side.  Looks like somebody (with the name of Mark presumably) is specialising in helping people put together and install flat packs.  Great niche!  And what a boon for all of us non-Pragmatists out there.

Being a Maximiser (cf. Tom Rath "Strengthsfinder 2.0"), I like to "polish pearls".  So by the time I'd reached the next set of traffic lights, I'd thought of "Flat Pack Man", thus raising our chappy to superhero status.

This got me thinking what I would put on "my van".  Mrs Motivation?  Magic Coach? Leadership Lisa? Yes, I know they sound a bit cheesy, but it's good to drop the image sometimes and have a bit of daft fun.  I got a bit stuck around Wonder Washing-up Woman or Network Queen.

What would you put on "your van"?  What would your Superhero or Superheroine name be in your new story for 2010?

PS: Develop your Story and your Strengths.  Check out our Female Leadership programme on www.q2lead.org.uk

 

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John Gordon - The Infotainer: The Infotainer - Making The Invisible Visible http://www.theinfotainer.com
Great post Lisa. Inspiring ..... and I hope you get many minds racing to think of their car sign - indeed, their life tag.

Creating such an 'identity' provides a focus ... and (further) broadcasting it in the manner you suggest makes sure you live up to it.

The other wonderful gem in your post is the whole idea of keeping your senses open to everything and asking "how can I use this to improve what I am and do?"

Keep 'em coming

John Gordon
The Infotainer
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January 26, 2010
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