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Story Rules

Story Rules

31 Timeless Storytelling Techniques to Win at Work | Communication & Storytelling Skills for Professionals, Leaders & Entrepreneurs

Ravishankar Iyer
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When was the last time you faced a high-stakes communication moment?
Perhaps it was a critical client proposal, a key quarterly business review, a fund-raising pitch, a boardroom briefing, or a townhall talk to thousands of expectant employees.
In that moment, how did you do?
Did you seize the moment and engage your audience with clarity, energy, and trust? Did you inspire, influence, and lead with impact when it mattered most?
Or did your message get lost in dull statistics, technical jargon and abstract generalizations? And your audience left bored, confused, or unmoved . . .

If your answer was closer to the latter, this book is for you.

Story Rules provides 31 timeless storytelling techniques to help you:
– Be clear: Sharpen your messages, narratives, and visuals
– Be memorable: Capture attention with novelty, curiosity, relatability and vivid ‘show-don’t-tell’ examples
– Be inspiring: Connect emotionally and show relevance
– Be trusted: Establish common ground, showcase competence, and demonstrate integrity

Packed with over 300 compelling real-life examples from the world of business and beyond, this practical guide shows how successful leaders seize crucial communication moments—and win.

And now, it’s your turn. Make your story rule.

Imprint: Penguin Business

Published: Aug/2025

ISBN: 9780143478201

Length : 400 Pages

MRP : ₹699.00

Story Rules

31 Timeless Storytelling Techniques to Win at Work | Communication & Storytelling Skills for Professionals, Leaders & Entrepreneurs

Ravishankar Iyer

When was the last time you faced a high-stakes communication moment?
Perhaps it was a critical client proposal, a key quarterly business review, a fund-raising pitch, a boardroom briefing, or a townhall talk to thousands of expectant employees.
In that moment, how did you do?
Did you seize the moment and engage your audience with clarity, energy, and trust? Did you inspire, influence, and lead with impact when it mattered most?
Or did your message get lost in dull statistics, technical jargon and abstract generalizations? And your audience left bored, confused, or unmoved . . .

If your answer was closer to the latter, this book is for you.

Story Rules provides 31 timeless storytelling techniques to help you:
– Be clear: Sharpen your messages, narratives, and visuals
– Be memorable: Capture attention with novelty, curiosity, relatability and vivid ‘show-don’t-tell’ examples
– Be inspiring: Connect emotionally and show relevance
– Be trusted: Establish common ground, showcase competence, and demonstrate integrity

Packed with over 300 compelling real-life examples from the world of business and beyond, this practical guide shows how successful leaders seize crucial communication moments—and win.

And now, it’s your turn. Make your story rule.

Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback

Ravishankar Iyer

Ravi helps leaders sharpen their storytelling skills. Since 2016, he has trained over 9,000 mid-to-senior leaders at clients such as Accenture, Amdocs, Boston Scientific, Fidelity, Flipkart, JP Morgan Chase, Shell and Unilever.
Ravi has also guided over 150 nonprofits on crafting a better pitch, enabling them to secure tens of millions of rupees in funding. Beyond his workshops, Ravi shares storytelling insights through his website, LinkedIn, and a popular weekly newsletter. He also hosts a podcast on storytelling featuring conversations with distinguished storytellers including Swaminathan Anklesaria Aiyar, Sajith Pai and Rama Bijapurkar.
A Chartered Accountant (rank-holder, 2001) and MBA graduate from IIM-Ahmedabad (2005), Ravi spent twelve years in finance, consulting, the social sector and… a startup that tried to make history exciting for tourists (spoiler: it didn’t work!). Ravi lives in Pune with his wife, father, son and daughter.

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