Pitch, work or school presentation, workshop or keynote, the impact all depends on the power of the story you tell.

But building an inspiring story can take a lot of time: how to start, how to end, how not to lose track of your message under pressure.

A good story structure will help you with all of that and it's only 4 elements you have to take into account:

1. Relate
2. Offer
3. Explain
4. Achieve

Master this storyline and you will turn your message into a great story in under 20 minutes.

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Brain Farley has been in baseball his whole life. First as a player with one of the quickest fast balls of his time, then coaching the Dutch national team to a world championship victory in 2011, becoming sport coach of the year.

After numerous years working in multinational companies, applying what he learned on the field in the boardroom, he started his own business and is now a frequently asked and passionate keynote speaker and leadership coach.

In this episode of the Stand Up podcast I pick his brain on leadership, team culture and peak performance and got overwhelmed with insight. A must watch, also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

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The host, the MC (master of ceremony) is not a monkey that reads names from a card. A host is the glue of an event, bringing everyone and everything together. The narrator of the story that is the event. Making sure all the speakers get a warm and energetic audience, tailored to their speech and the organizer has nothing to worry about and can sit back relax and see all the hard work and budget come together in an insightful and entertaining show.

As an event organizer, don't go easy over the selection of the host for your event and as an aspiring host, know you have an important role to play. Pick up that role and rock your stage! 

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Busy is the new sexy. Everybody is super busy, but at the same time a lot of people are getting nowhere in life and are miserable or burnout. Just like I did years ago. 

But how come some people run marathons, build businesses, travel and others have the same 24 hours, but can't even manage the to-do list at work? We all have the same amount of time in a day, how you deal with that time and with what mindset you start, will decide how much you get out of it and still be able to get your 8 hours of sleep ;)

The 3 tips in this podcast, changed my perception on time management and changed my life and business.

Hope it helps!

There are many definitions on what good leadership is and what defines a strong leader, but I was most inspired by how author Sam Walker described it after his extensive research within sport teams in his bestselling book 'The Captain Class'.

You don't have to agree, but Michael Jordan, Lionel Messi are stars, because others make that possible by being the glue of the team.

Video version of this episode, like always, on youtube.com/marnickvandebroek

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In this episode I share with you the story of the sawmill employee and his box of sawdust and how it stands for us being too busy to actually do our jobs. Let's turn that around and save time to perform better as leaders.

As a leader it isn't always easy to keep focus on the things that actually matter in the everyday chaos of work and life. It's a normal reaction to become so occupied and adopt tunnel vision that the mass of details becomes blinding. As a leader you can only plan, offer guidance to your team and carry the water if you give yourself space to think, reflect and act upon the right things.

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Peter Snauwaert (psgrow.com) is a master connector, networker, sales coach and an all out stand up guy. He has been supporting Stand Up Company for years now and his positive, motivating and rooting mindset is contagious. 

In this episode of the Stand Up Talk, Peter and I talk about creating the right selling mindset, overcoming failure and the secret to really closing big deals without selling your soul.

You can also find the Stand Up Talk podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

What exactly is great leadership and why are we craving for it in the next normal? What does it take to develop a team and help them reach their full potential? 

 These and many other related questions get an answer from leadership and human development expert Wojciech Zytkowiak (PhD, MBA). He takes you through his own thoughts and opinions on the matter and lays the foundation for his next book in this podcast. A must listen if you are in a leadership or HR role. 

 More on standupcompany.com/podcast or connect with Wojciech via Linkedin. 

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How 3 sisters went from having an idea in school to growing it into a fashion empire. All based on the idea of making couture, high fashion accessible and affordable.

In this Stand Up Talk https://standupcompany.com/podcast/​ we talk to @cliohendrickx, co-founder and marketing director for the Les Soeurs brand (www.lessoeurs.be) about working with sisters, growing your staff, the relationship between ecommerce and physical stores and how to take the entrepreneurial jump.

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In this episode we do a deep dive in the post-covid development of our society. What the next normal will be according to the data and the vision of trendwatcher Herman Konings. We talk what mega shifts businesses should be focussing on and what the power is of storytelling, empathy, resonance and Pieter Bruegel paintings :) 

Herman Konings is a master in psychology and the chairman of the Antwerp trend and future research agency nXt and has given more than 2000 talks in over 150 countries. 

More via www.nxt.be or connect with Herman on Twitter @soeproza

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