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The Stories Behind the Colleagues You Think You Know
Personal Storytelling is a facilitated session built on a simple truth: people connect through stories. Guided by prompts and a facilitator, team members share a short personal story, and the act of telling and listening builds empathy and understanding that ordinary meetings never reach.
The facilitator sets a warm, safe tone and offers prompts that invite meaningful but comfortable sharing, so people reveal something real without feeling exposed. Hearing a colleagueβs story, where they grew up, a turning point, a passion, changes how a team sees each other.
It is one of the most quietly powerful ways to deepen connection in a team, especially valuable for groups that work closely but rarely go beyond the surface. In under an hour, colleagues become more human, and more understood, to one another.
A facilitator sets a warm, safe tone and introduces the storytelling prompts.
Team members share a short personal story guided by the prompts, at a level that feels comfortable.
The group listens and responds, building empathy and understanding through each story.
The facilitator draws out the connections and common threads the stories revealed.
Trebound runs the activity end to end. Your team turns up and plays.
What your team practises beyond the game itself:
Hearing colleaguesβ stories builds genuine empathy and understanding.
Storytelling is as much about listening as telling.
Personal stories forge deeper connection than everyday interaction.
A safe format encourages meaningful, comfortable sharing.
Sharing and being heard builds trust across the team.
The session invites reflection on what teams share and value.
For close-working groups that rarely go beyond the surface.
A meaningful way for a new team to truly get to know each other.
Storytelling reinforces empathy and belonging in a lasting way.
Inclusive and gentle, it works across every level.
Scaling from 10 to 200 in smaller circles, it works even with big teams.
A high-impact session of real pressure, genuine laughter, and the kind of honest teamwork that only happens when everyone has to trust each other. Book Personal Storytelling with Trebound today.