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MEET YAMINI NAIDU CSP - Australia's Number 1 Business Storytelling Speaker

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I run business storytelling workshops for leaders. I partner leaders to achieve results using the tools of business storytelling. I share business storytelling techniques, tools and tips for professional success. 

When I was 10, my teacher asked us to write up a sentence that made sense, but the sentence could only be made up of ten words, and each word could only have 2 letters. We tried and we tried and came up with nothing. My teacher then wrote on the board 'If it is to be, it is up to me'.

That day my teacher influenced a classroom full of children to think and behave differently, not just in that moment but for the rest of their lives. It was my first lesson in influence and leadership and I was hooked! 

I have studied leadership all my life, have taught it at RMIT university, have worked as a leader in corporate Australia for many years and as a thought leader in my own business for over ten years.

BEST SELLING AUTHOR

I am the best selling author of 7 books. My latest book is X factor: Unleash your presenting superpower.

My previous books include Story Mastery: How leaders supercharge results with storytelling and  POWER PLAY: Game changing influence strategies for leaders  published by John Wiley & Sons, April 2016. Power Play is a practical 21st-century guide to mega-impact and influence, providing business leaders with explosive influence strategies to move people into action and results.

I have also written Hooked: How leaders connect, engage and inspire through storytelling, (a best seller), Triple your presentation success, is my complimentary Ebook. Here's a link for more information.

CERTIFIED SPEAKING PROFESSIONAL

I am a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP). A CSP designation is the highest honour awarded to speakers across the globe by both Australia’s National and Global Professional Speaking bodies. 
 
In Australia, there are only approximately 150 CSPs in total, and of those, only 50 women CSPs.
 
For you, as a client, this means you are in expert hands.
 
My purpose is to help leaders master business storytelling. I work with leaders giving them business storytelling tools so they can engage people and deliver commercial results. I call this amplifying leaders’ performance.
 
 

WORKING WITH PASSION

I am committed to social enterprise and support through pro bono work.

I am  a voluntary guide at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV).

I have been a guide since 2010 and helping visitors discover and fall in love with our rich and diverse collection at the NGV  lights me up. The voluntary commitment involves, attendance at the weekly educational program, rostered guided tours and guiding in our special exhibitions.

I have also supported the High Resolves Global Citizenship and Leadership Programs. This program offers a three-year transformational experience for high school students in Years 8 to 10.

I also am committed to supporting and working with Pollinate Energy, a not for profit focused on energy access for poor people living in urban India.

 

MY SKILLS
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LEADERS AND LEADERSHIP STUDIES
I believe every leader and business owner has been given a gift. The gift is the daily opportunity to impact and inspire team members, clients, customers, and stakeholders in their world.

I partner leaders and business owners to achieve results using the tools of business storytelling, inspiring presentations and humour which can help them maximize this gift.
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BUSINESS COMMUNICATOR

I am a seasoned business communicator and a global thought leader in business storytelling with over 20 years experience in both the corporate world and in my own business.

I’ve also educated thousands of people at events and workshops and worked directly with hundreds of clients. 

See my client list and testimonials.

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AUTHOR, SPEAKER & TRAINER

I  write, speak and run training programs on business storytelling, X factor, leading with humour and inspiring presentations.

I also custom design bespoke programs for organisations and offer a private mentoring service for CEOs and senior leaders in public speaking.

Check out my blogs and books here.

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RUN TRAINING PROGRAMS

Immersive, experiential and participatory sessions. I don’t just talk about storytelling, I get you to do it! Immersing you in the world of storytelling and within the first 20 minutes with participants sharing their first story.

Both the face to face and online sessions have been designed and calibrated for the most effective learning.

Our sessions are based on leading edge research on business storytelling. This combined with behavioural and cognitive learning theories means our sessions deliver results!

TIMELINE

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XFactor Keynote
2005
OUR COMPANY WAS FOUNDEDCo-founded Australia’s first business storytelling company. Early clients included NAB, AMP and Ericsson to name a few.
Storytelling Masterclasses

2010

WE ARE GROWING...CPA Australia features us in their video on Organisational StorytellingOur client Ericsson documents their success with storytelling in this Melcrum article.
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2012

WE ARE GLOBAL...Deliver storytelling workshops in Europe, America and Asia. Working with ASX top 100 companies and Fortune 500 Companies.
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2013

hooked is publishedHOOKED: How leaders connect, engage and inspire with storytelling is published by John Wiley & Sons. Check out reviews here, here and here!
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2014

WE ARE leading...Featured in Boss Magazine with Accenture, NAB and Ericsson. Jack Percy the MD of Accenture is quoted as saying ‘Storytelling doubled our revenue’. Check out the article.
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2016
POWER PLAY IS RELEASEDHooked hits best seller list! Hooray. Get your copy today. My new book POWER PLAY published by John Wiley & Sons is released. Get your free sample chapter for Power Play and Hooked.
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2017

GLOBAL awardYamini receives Global Leadership Development award at the World HR Conference. This award recognises her thought leadership in business storytelling and the impact and results she has had with clients.
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2018
future of leadershipYamini is invited again to present at the Future of Leadership Conference and unveils her Lead with Humour keynote.
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2019
WE ARE GLOBAL...Deliver storytelling workshops in Europe, America and Asia. Working with ASX top 100 companies and Fortune 500 Companies.
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2019

story mastery new bookYamini releases her 5th book: Story Mastery: How leaders supercharge results with storytelling. The book launch is a National roadshow with The Australasian Society of Association Executives (AuSAE).
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2020
VIRTUAL STUDIO + NEW BOOK Launch of our Virtual studio – lights, camera, action! Better than Netflix! Launch of Yamini’s 6th book, Light of the Party: Be that storyteller who fascinates friends, dazzles dates, wows clients, wins promotions and gets kids to make their beds

2023

NEW BOOKLaunch of Yamini’s 7th book, X Factor: Unleash your presentation superpower. The world's first and only book that shows you how to discover and use your X factor.
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