Training communication styles with sheep herding

Training communication styles with sheep herding

In the training on communication styles with sheep, the practical working form is already tailored: the participants combine communication styles with sheep herding. The starting point is that each person has a preference for a specific way of communicating. One is not a communication style, but one uses a behavioural style. Thus, there are four preferred styles. How will the team later use these preferred styles to lead a flock of sheep to herd sheep together to the desired spot? Which communication style will have which role?

• Colleagues with Red preference decide (directing) easily. Results matter.
  One can also, if results are compromised, take coercive action. Sometimes others experience it as a diktat.
• Employees with a Yellow preferred style tend to experiment (motivationally), with an opportunity or innovative idea in their sights.
  One can also be impulsive in an adverse situation. For Yellow, the end can sometimes justify the means.
• For people with a green communication preference style, the human touch is important, seeking stability.
  Under pressure, Green tends to talk well. Sometimes others see them as soft-hearted healers.
• Colleagues with a Blue style preference choose to think (inquisitively) first, after which it is all about details and facts.
  When the pressure is too high, one may react with distrust. If the pressure remains too high for an extended period, Blue may also choose to withdraw.

In every communication styles training with Team4Teams, we combine content with a practical work format. In it, participants learn how communication styles work in practice in this team. In this training, the working form is already fixed: sheep are waiting for the participants and by working well together, you will experience that each communication style becomes important in it. Who takes which role, if herding sheep becomes the task? An insight into the power of diverse and positive cooperation will emerge.

A communication styles training course, both with your own team and herding sheep, is a valuable experience. The team writes history together. The employees are rewarded with an attractive day and also fine-tune their mutual communication. This training is possible at the sheepfold between Utrecht, Apeldoorn and Arnhem or at a conference centre at a maximum distance of 25 km from the sheepfold in Scherpenzeel, with a quiet grass field where the sheep can stay during the day.

Result

• Participants are able to recognise and adapt a communication style.
• Preferred styles are better understood and, as a result, team members come closer together.
• A fun, memorable and intense day.
• Participants will be able to collaborate more effectively in working groups and teams in the future.
• Participants coordinate their efforts with greater effectiveness and promote constructive cooperation.

When is this communication styles training a good choice?

Do you think that paying attention to mutual communication in your team is a good investment that will also ensure better results? Then this training is very suitable.
Do you want to reward your team for a great organisational result? Then too, this training will add value.

Do you want to deepen after that? In the Masterclass in communication styles two extra half-days are provided, giving room for additional implementation.
Attending this training is one thing, embedding what you have learned comes in the days and weeks after the training. We are happy to support that.

Is participating in a training course on communication within your team frowned upon with the comment 'That's no use in this team anyway'? Then we first recommend a day Team building with reflection ON. Team building marks the opening of our team training cycle. We start first by creating the readiness for good cooperation.

Our approach is based on gaining experience, with a positive approach. In the team training cycle, communication styles training is the second step, so this can then be done perfectly with sheep herding as a working form.

The communication styles training with sheep herding as a working form is only available in Dutch.