Workshops

Communicating Effectively

Communication is as much about listening as it is about articulation and delivery. Of course, what really matters is what people perceive. And this is where what is said and how and why it is said becomes important.

This workshop will help you think in a way that will empower you in your communication.

The biggest barrier to effective communication is our own selves, our thoughts, intentions and behaviour. This workshop will challenge your senses, and allow you to sharpen your
communication perception, and to detect and interpret your emotions. It will help you
identify your own personal patterns of communication, your strengths and weaknesses and offer alternatives to capitalise on your strengths and overcome your weaknesses.

The Performa approach

This workshop teaches communication in a unique way by utilising all three learning styles (tactile, visual, audio) through experiential exercises, theory and reflection. It addresses communication not only at the sensory level - language, body language, listening, behaviour – but also goes deeper to explore the "why" of communication.

Our commitment to creativity will ensure that this course is not just a set of do’s and don’ts, as we will help you use your own creative talent to stretch your communicative potential to the maximum.

Objectives

• Promote an awareness of communication and communication processes
• Improve participants’ abilities for clearer communication by developing various channels of communication
• Sharpen the ability to detect and combine communication from various channels to enrich the message sent or received
• Discover perception and the key role it plays in developing specific patterns of
communication interpretation
• Explore the impact of the four why’s of communication: beliefs, personal needs,
tasks/objectives and information

Methods

Group exercises and role-play. Theory is presented as a supporting background and coaching provides feedback for the development of communication effectiveness.

Click here to read about some of the challenges covered in the Performa workshops and what participants said about their experiences.

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"At the end of our workshop with Performa, not only did we emerge with new creative problem-solving skills, we emerged as a better, more dynamic, more cohesive team"

Kate Thompson,
Managing Director, Bearing Point

"Creativity enables people to think the unthinkable, do the undoable."

John Hayes & Patricia Hough