Managing by Storying Around

A New Method of Leadership

By: David Armstrong

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Paperback | 10 February 1992 | Edition Number 1

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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.

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Introduction	p. xv
A New Form of Leadership	p. 1
Management by Storytelling?	p. 3
Why Tell Stories?	p. 7
Leadership by Storying Around	p. 10
How to Story Around	p. 12
Is This Too Far Out?	p. 15
Stories to Inspire Self-Management	p. 19
The Cafeteria	p. 21
The Time Clock	p. 23
Production Bonus	p. 25
Sick Days	p. 28
The Blue-Tag Special	p. 31
Stories to Make People Brave and Wise	p. 35
Leaders Make Mistakes, Too	p. 37
The $5 Thank-you	p. 40
Be Yourself, But...	p. 42
Stories About Core Values	p. 45
Lead Us Not into Temptation	p. 47
Our Promise to Fred Kemp	p. 50
The Cocktail Bomb	p. 53
The $125,000 Thank-you	p. 55
Surprise! There Are Twenty-four Hours in the Day	p. 57
Stories About Heroic People	p. 61
F-L-O-W-E-R-S Spells Pride	p. 63
Thanksgiving Day	p. 65
'Twas the Night Before Christmas	p. 68
Stories to Kick-start Urgency	p. 71
[check mark]	p. 73
The Salesman Who Quit Selling	p. 76
Stories That Make Our Policy Manual Obsolete	p. 79
TandE	p. 81
Organizational Charts and Job Descriptions	p. 84
Who's the Boss?	p. 86
Responsible Cheating	p. 89
Why Garfield Had to Die	p. 91
Stories About Dealing with Troublemakers	p. 95
Bozo Cancer	p. 97
The S.O.B.	p. 99
Did You Hear the Latest Rumor?	p. 102
Stories to Honor Quality and Service	p. 105
Japanese Grocery Shopping	p. 107
You Get What You Pay For--or Do You?	p. 109
Quality Is in the Eye of the Beholder	p. 112
Sweetened Ice Tea	p. 115
Trash-Can Service	p. 117
"You Want It When?"	p. 120
Dr. Deming Would Be Proud	p. 122
Stories to Honor Partnerships	p. 125
The Endangered Buffalo	p. 127
It's Free for the Taking	p. 129
Train Your Vendors	p. 131
Stories to Turn Us into Change-Gourmets	p. 133
"Shut Up and Eat Your MandMs"	p. 135
Make Me a Copy	p. 138
Batteries, Batteries, Who's Got the Batteries?	p. 141
What We Learned from Our College "Scholarship" Program	p. 143
Stories to Boost Creativity	p. 147
I'm Happy They're All Laughing at Me	p. 149
Our Toilet-Paper Secret	p. 152
The Resume	p. 154
Hurrah for Hollywood	p. 156
Stories to Make Everyone a Leader	p. 159
The Tin Box	p. 161
Business Is Serious Stuff	p. 163
You Never Get a Second Chance to Make a First Impression	p. 167
Promises Kept	p. 170
Friday Clean-Up Time	p. 173
Mopping the Shop Floor	p. 175
Go Directly to Jail--and Collect $200	p. 178
Stories to Inspire Innovation	p. 181
Mr. Iacocca, Meet Mr. Ghassayi	p. 183
Small Starts	p. 186
Don't Reinvent the Wheel	p. 188
K.I.S.S.	p. 190
We're Shameless Thieves	p. 192
Drilling Holes	p. 194
Stories to Get People to Communicate About Things Worth Communicating About	p. 197
The Flasher	p. 199
Perception Is All that Counts	p. 201
Is the Grass Always Greener?	p. 203
Y CN'T U RD THIS?	p. 206
Small Words, Active Verbs	p. 209
Stories About Why Small Is Beautiful	p. 211
Red, White, and Blue	p. 213
The Throne	p. 215
Lites	p. 217
Stories About Finding New Sources of Profit	p. 219
Hidden Assets: Your Retirees	p. 221
Forty-five Years of Service	p. 224
Space: The Final Frontier	p. 227
The Golden Weed Award	p. 230
The $1.2-Million Maintenance Man	p. 233
Good Things Come in Small Packages	p. 235
Stories About How to Tell Stories	p. 237
Glimpses into the Future	p. 239
A Story About Storytelling	p. 241
How to Write a Story	p. 244
Write Your Own Story Here	p. 246
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