Communication

• Motivating employees to align with the business strategy--creating a line of sight between employees and the organizational strategy.
• Leadership and management communication--educating and engaging leaders and managers in their role in employee communication.
• Managing information overload--breaking through the communication clutter.
• Measuring the return on investment of internal communication--linking communication to business results.

Stop trying to Communicate and Communicate!

4 Steps to a Great Communication Event

1. Get Your Audience Oriented to Having Fun and Letting Loose a little

Fundamentally, most of us are good communicators, we speak well and listen most of the time... but when you put careers into the mix, all bets are off. This is a challenge for companies, as we know the biggest factor that contributes to growth is how easily people share a vision, communicate and work together.

2. Get Everyone Engaged in a Verbal or Non-Verbal Interactive Activity

Its about participation and interaction versus pure observation that drives the organizations success.

Many people. Not one spoken word. Working in perfect unity and synchronization.  During the course of the hour, the audience is taken on an exhilarating ride of energy and excitement.  The circle of people are introduced to an entire range of tools the facilitator uses to keep things humming along.  Invariably, we are assisted ‘unofficially’ by one or two people who automatically burst into “Entertainer” mode and spontaneously act to get the group even more excited.

The program early on will instruct the participants in a basic lesson of how to use this new “communication tool” that they will use to dialogue with other parts of the group. 

The composition is built upon small successes, but often times, the group has arrived at such a rhythmically stable point in the program that the Drum Café team drops out completely, much to the jubilation of the newly formed ensemble of musicians!

3. Explore the Diversity Within the Group

Diversity and combining each individuals unique contribution is what spurs collaboration, creativity and understanding customers needs.

4. Use Momentum & Enthusiasm to Share a Vision, Align goals and Communicate as a Team

Its about getting all segments of the company, division or business unit, aligned with the mission through participation that affects the bottom line

Communication is easy, with this new context.

Once we’ve brought the room to a whole new level of communication, we can take a breath and reflect or debrief on how and why we’re able to accomplish what we did.  This is, in effect, the intermission.  After the intermission, using the principles from which we’ve built our success so far – the room is introduced to even more melodic tools from the percussion family as bells, shakers, claves, scrapers, and other instruments are handed out – often to those who see something that really reflects “who they are” and see an avenue of expression through it.  They raise their hand and holler for the instrument being handed out!  Layers of communication are utilized through these different timbral groups to again foster a different level of communication throughout the group.