Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Dealing with change -- How Stories Can Help in Dealing with Change -- 1 The Old Bear and the Young Bear -- 2 The Mustard Seed -- 3 The Cat and her Lover -- 4 Burning the Boats -- 5 The Cigarette Story -- 6 King Solomon's Ring -- 7 Rats in the Maze -- 8 Perception and Reality -- 9 The Need for Change -- 10 Keep Things the Same -- 2 Being creative -- How Stories Can Help in Being Creative -- 11 The Monk's Room -- 12 The Old Man in the Market Place -- 13 Anansi Tricks the Snake -- 14 James Watt's Story -- 15 Alice Meets the Queen -- 16 The Creative Astronomer -- 17 Throwing your Cap -- 18 Going from Room to Room -- 19 A Good Education -- 20 Daedalus and Icarus -- 3 Leaders and teams' -- How Stories Can Help Leaders and Teams Going Through Change -- 21 All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten -- 22 Leadership Games -- 23 The Father and his Sons -- 24 Gregory's Story -- 25 Harmony -- 26 The Bremen Town Musicians -- 27 Heaven or Hell? -- 28 Flying the Flag -- 29 Creative Learning -- 30 The Wonderful Wizard -- 4 Dealing with stress -- How Stories Can Help in Dealing with the Stress of Change -- 31 Filling the Jar -- 32 Carrying the Load -- 33 Stressful Communication -- 34 The Two Frogs and the Bucket of Cream -- 35 The Warrior of Light -- 36 The Fisherman and his Wife -- 37 Biological Tales -- 38 The King and the Jewel -- 39 The Oak Tree and the Reeds -- 40 Nasrudin and the Source of Happiness -- 5 Emotional intelligence -- How Stories Can Help Develop Emotional Intelligence -- 41 The Search for Truth -- 42 Praise and Complaint -- 43 The Little Monster that Grew and Grew -- 44 The Mantra -- 45 The Fox and the Stork -- 46 Divided Communication -- 47 Nasrudin and the Falcon -- 48 First impressions -- 49 The Old Man and his Grandson -- 50 The Power of Storytelling -- References and further reading.

Further information -- Index.