Managing by Storying Around

by David G. Armstrong

"Managing by Storying Around" means telling stories to communicate the important points that advice, demands, and rah-rah can't convey. Here Armstrong offers his best stories for readers to tell in their own companies, and explains how to write and tell your own stories.

Genres: Business, Nonfiction, Management

Paperback

First published February 10, 1992

Reviews

[Tara Brabazon · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was so looking forward to this book. I've completed a fair chunk of reading on storying. It is a fascinating methodology in an array of paradigms and disciplines.

I was intrigued to read this book - published in 1992 - about storying for leadership. Although - by contemporary theorization - storying is a 'bottom up' strategy to theorize those outside of power, history and formal narratives of success.

But this book is poor. No theorization of storying. Instead, we have a business leader offer a version of Alsopian fables about lessons he has learned through leading.

Yawn.

These stories are basic, predictable and self evident.

What a disappointment...

[Svitlana Paveletskaya · Rating 2 out of 5]

A very basic book. Most of the stories are here for the volume, as for me 90% is not applicable anywhere. Was a waste of time.

[Alan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like the story approach. Life isn't all powerpoints.