• Sat. Dec 16th, 2023

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Aesop’s Fables – Amazing Tools for Strong Business Results

Aesop's fables are more than just stories for school children, they tools to teach important business lessons.

 

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If you are considering sharing Aesop’s fables with your employees do it with a plan. Pull out a book of Aesop’s fables and go through looking for the lesson you would like to share with your employees. During staff meetings either read the fable aloud or hand a printout of the fable out to employees to read as they enter the meeting. Once everyone has heard or read the fable, talk about it. First, ask people to talk about what the fable means on the surface. Then talk about how that lesson can be applied to situations happening in the workplace. Encourage employees to read between the lines and look for ways to stretch the lesson learned to a big picture instead of simply scratching the surface.

 

 

Aesop's fables are more than just stories for school children, they tools to teach important business lessons.

 

 

Once everyone has read the fable and found ways to relate it to things going on in the workplace, ask for ways the lessons can be expanded. What future actions can be taken based upon the fables you talked about. For example, based on the story of the wolf in sheep’s clothing, does your company need to create a confidentiality policy? Is there a need for sensitivity training? Do your employees need to learn empathy? It is great to learn from the fables you study, but it is better to use the fables to make the future better and brighter for your organization.

Sharing fables is an excellent way to teach lessons at work. Once your organization is used to fables being used to teach lessons and to having deep conversations about work and how business should be done. Expand the opportunities for brainstorming and discussions. It is through discussion, brainstorming and working together that incredible ideas can be found that will be good for your business. When employees know they are free to discuss ways to make business better, they will do so on a regular basis and even look forward to it. This may lead to increased job satisfaction, productivity and innovation at your organization.