Abstract

In today’s disruptive business environment, Project and Program Managers face constant challenges in managing stakeholders. PMs today need to invest in growing their power skills. Their success highly depends on their ability to communicate and influence.
Storytelling enables PMs to better their communication, as well as grow their leadership, problem-solving and change management abilities.
In this session, we will delve into key aspects of storytelling and how Project and Program Managers can enhance essential Power Skills through the use of storytelling.

What will the audience gain from this presentation

• Understand how storytelling enhances 5 key power skills - Communication, Leadership, Influence, Problem-solving and Collaboration
• Learn use of stories and how to strategise communication using storytelling
• Takeaway practical inputs for using storytelling techniques in common project situations

About the speaker

Vinod Krishna is the Founder and CEO at Storytelling at Work. He brings storytelling to enhance communication, influence, and leadership.

His storytelling journey began 3 decades ago, in 1992, in the advertising space. It continued into people and project leadership roles at Motorola, WebEx, and Cisco. He led the setting up of operations at India’s first conferencing company, which ushered in the virtual conferencing revolution.

His rich experience comes from leading global projects, growing leaders, and enhancing communication in organizations. He has helped leaders and managers across companies in IT, Aerospace, Automotive, AI, Manufacturing, Adventure Tourism, and Marketing.

Along with an MBA in Human Resources Management, he is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®). For the last 25 years, he has been a certified NLP Master Practitioner.

He is also an avid trekker, photographer, and barefoot marathoner

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