The secret to you becoming a great communicator is Storytelling.
Engage, inspire, lead, transform.
"You’re never going to kill storytelling, because it’s built into the human plan. We come with it.”
Margaret Atwood.
Whether talking over an idea with a colleague in the corridor, round the table with the team for a monthly project update, formally presenting to the board, leading your organisation through a change or building relationships with clients and other stakeholders - our workshops and coaching provide the tools to do all this well.
With our training you can communicate confidently and comfortably.
Our Story
Our curiosity about how the practical, enduring and dynamic methods of storytelling can benefit contemporary working life, led us to founding theWholeStory in 2006.
Our backgrounds in storytelling performance and theatre direction gave us insights, knowledge, lived experience and practical skills. These have been harnessed and are now shared so that our clients become effective, authentic and memorable communicators. We love to see them mastering these creative approaches to build better connections, values and relationships.
Lily & Josh
With our help you can:
Investigate and Understand.
Make sense and plan, understand the big picture, find the detail that seemed missing and make things tangible.
Connect and Engage.
Get to know each other, build trust and share knowledge so that your project becomes a story that everyone involved is a part of.
Communicate to Make it Happen.
Learn to use storytelling to your advantage to turn ideas into actions and outcomes.
Who we work with
Since we founded in 2006 we have worked with the public and private sectors, charities, museums, heritage and cultural organisations.
They all need to communicate well and found real value and practical applicability in our training and approach.
“I have to be honest: I was a sceptic. But I was so wrong. It’s hard to overestimate the impact theWholeStory had with my charity.”
Chief Executive, Crimestoppers