"Stories are the single most powerful weapon
in a leader's arsenal." 

Dr. Howard Gardner, Harvard University

We help leaders build their communication skills so that when employees walk away from a presentation, they are motivated, inspired and remember the message. 

At Polaris Associates, we work with Fortune 1000 senior executives and other leaders who want to go to the next level of leadership and influence, be more effective communicators, and who want to increase responsiveness, change and innovation in their audiences.  We help leaders connect one-on-one when speaking in front of hundreds.  We coach them through a process of how to empower audiences through the words they use and the stories they tell.

The power of communication resides in the stories we pass on.  They are the single most powerful form of communication between people.

Stories:

• Bridge the gap between speaker and audience.

• Convey ideas, knowledge and wisdom better and two to three times faster than any other form of communication.

• Reduce resistance to change by 20% or more.

• Collapse the times it takes to generate brands from months to weeks.

• Decrease the time it takes to communicate complex plans and information.

• Generate power -- in the marketplace, in an organization, within a leader.

• Will be repeated and remembered far more frequently than any statistical report.

• Promote productivity.

• Empower people and are fun.

• Are an amazing opportunity to affect the bottom-line in an organization by shaping its identity, branding, marketing, customer service, leadership, management, innovation, teamwork and culture.

Join us in an amazing and powerful discovery of how stories can accelerate the productivity and effectiveness of your leadership and organization.  

Karen Dietz, Ph.D.

Owner