Communication: The Heart of Teambuilding with Teamscapes

July 8, 2010 - PRLog -- Technology is soaring beyond the imaginations of many, and in the modern age there are more than enough channels of communication for staying in touch all around the world. However, as easy as it may be to say happy birthday to a relative in Australia, team communication within the workplace may suffer and can be lost in all of the technology available. Teamscapes, Sundial Group’s teambuilding solution offers a range of activities to ensure colleagues become more vocal and communicate well within the workplace.

“With so many impersonal methods of communication, people tend to lose sight of the fundamental principles of communication within teams” says Lucy McGibbon, Sundial’s Learning & Development Director and resident Teamscapes team work training expert. “Lack of communication will inevitably cause a team to function ineffectively. Both large and small groups of people need to establish the ‘rules of engagement’ and Teamscapes are here to help with our range of outdoor, indoor and culinary teambuilding activities”.

However one communicates; phone, e-mail or in person, employees need to learn how to communicate effectively and within groups, otherwise the information being communicated becomes irrelevant. What Teamscapes teambuilding activities do is create a specific framework which brings the group together and allows team personalities to flow. “Those who feel more comfortable in a simulated environment will then take the things they learn back to the work place, leading to better communication.”

Though many look upon improving communication as a vague team work training objective, Lucy believes that the learning delivered during the teambuilding sessions on communication will not only highlight the importance of effective communication, but will demonstrate clearly the consequences that can arise when that is missing. The Teamscapes programme can then help repair and develop essential communication skills.

For more information on effective teambuilding solutions, visit the website on www.sundialteamscapes.com.



About Sundial Teamscapes: Sundial Group’s Teamscapes are indoor and outdoor team building activities that challenge the brain, not the body. Available at our dedicated conference venues in Surrey, Northamptonshire and Warwickshire, or anywhere in the UK, they offer creative solutions to a wide range of team development needs.