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Over the next three years the skill your leaders will need most is the ability to influence.

Leaders that communicate a vision, create the route to reach it and inspire your people to come along for the ride will be the ones that drive your performance and productivity. 

Stories are the tool that turns corporate into compelling, turns strategy into reality and turns your people into your most powerful promotors. 

TEDx PalmerstonNorth 2024

Tracks in the Sand: How Leaders Influence with Story

Take a compelling journey through the dunes of the Arabian Desert to the sparkling waters of the Persian Gulf. Discover Influence. Tracks in the Sand inspires leaders to drive change, develop culture and deliver results by harnessing the power of story. Experience the desert. Discover the skills. Motivate your team to make a mark that really matters. 

Student Story

For educators

Do you remember the teacher that truly saw you, that recognised your potential and whose presence made you want to turn up and be the best you could be? How much did they influence your life?

Students are entering our schools from diverse backgrounds and with a wide range of abilities and needs. Our staff span a number of cultures and bring a variety of attitudes and perspectives to their work. Sometimes it can be hard to find the threads that unite us.

In this entertaining keynote we dig into the neuroscience of connection, examine the ways we connect and discover how story can be the secret to engaging with one another in a way that builds lasting bonds of trust. Guaranteed to bring your students into focus, this keynote is going to spark discussion and ideas that’ll challenge your thinking and practice.

Connection before Curriculum ​

Our Story

How do we connect? How do we form the bonds that draw us together and how is today’s world impacting on those bonds?

The result of intensive research, this keynote draws on neuroscience to unpack the secrets of connection and give us the tools to come together. A combination of world-class storytelling and deep insight, this is the perfect conference opener.

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Connection and Culture

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