Biography
I have been told I can tell a story or two. Most likely I developed this skill being one of eight children and looking for ways to get attention. However, it was while working in senior leaderships role at National Australia Bank that I realised the power of storytelling in effective business communication. Since that epiphany in about 2004, I have been teaching people around the world the power of sharing personal stories in business ...way before it became trendy.
I have worked with some pretty amazing organisations such as The Obama Foundation (mic drop), EY, Visa, Accenture, Amazon, Westpac, Salesforce, Australia Post, Uber and International Committee Red Cross to name drop a few.
I hold a Master's Degree in Management and Leadership from Swinburne University, an Associate Diploma in Education and Training from the University of Melbourne, and I am a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School of Executive Education and have a cap and the T-shirt from the gift shop to prove it.
I'm the author of 9 books, my latest being:
- Story Intelligence: The Craft of Authentic Stories Made Smarter With AI (2025)
- Magnetic Stories: Connect with customers and engage employees with brand storytelling (2021) debuted at number two on Australia's business books list.
- Real Communication: How to be you and lead true, a finalist in the Australian Business Leadership Book Awards for 2019.
- Stories for Work: The Essential Guide to Business Storytelling (2017),
Not bad for someone who failed English in her final year of high school.
My work has seen me run training all over Asia Pacific, Europe and America and some pretty unique settings, including the middle of a rice paddy field in Indonesia, in the room the White House Correspondents dinner is held in Washington DC, in a castle that Henry VIII used to live in just outside London and even on Wall Street in New York. Plus a corner from my home office during the global pandemic.
If you are serious about having your company communicate and lead in a way that is more authentic then contact me at gabrielle@gabrielledolan.com to see if I can add value. I am sure I can, just ask Barack.
Also if you want to book me for a keynote for our next event, send me a message here or an email to the above address.
Or make a storytelling start here https://gabrielledolan.com/starterkit/
