Colourshapes

Looking for effective communication activities and communication games? Then look at our popular Colourshapes game.

Enjoyable as well as educational, Colourshapes is the ideal communication skills game for training sessions about communication, interpersonal skills, teamwork, telephone techniques, problem solving, influencing, selling and negotiating.

Used by companies, organisations, schools and universities for training courses, seminars or conferences, colour shapes game is easy to play. It is also ideal as an ice-breaker or part of an assessment programme.

The art of communication

Communication plays a big part in many business activities. However, it is only successful when the information conveyed is clear and unambiguous. Messages which are open to misinterpretation can cause confusion, wasted effort and missed opportunities.

Colorshapes game teaches good communication skills by replicating many of the issues that occur in the workplace; including:

• assumptions
• muddled thinking
• conflict
• poor listening skills
• barriers to communication
• lack of understanding and team cohesion.

See the bigger picture

If you have used the popular Coloublind team activity you will know of the benefits from using this training activity.

Unlike Colourblind, our Colour shapes game does not require participants to be blindfolded. In the workplace we use our eyes to help us describe what we are talking about. Colourshapes adds a visual dimension to the communication process.

How it Works

There are 6 different shapes repeated in 5 different colours; a total of 30 quality laminated plastic cards.

• Arrange the participants to sit in a circle facing outwards so they cannot see each other properly
• Remove two of the cards and distribute the remainder to the participants
• Participants may not show, exchange or pass the cards between group members
• They do not know how many cards, shapes or colours the group has. Their objective is to establish this and the shape and colour of the missing cards
• Observe the group interaction (participants learn by doing).

While some teams strictly follow the rules, others will try to cheat by looking at their colleagues' cards. However, as in a card game, it is easy to hide the shapes on your cards.

The game addresses issues such as honesty, trust, communication, teamwork, interpersonal skills, negotiation, perceptions, problem solving, planning, influencing and many more. So be prepared for an informative debrief.

This training activity is easy to facilitate and also ideal as an ice-breaker or part of an assessment centre.

Colorshapes training game is used to develop the following subjects:

• communication skills
• influencing
• interpersonal skills
• negotiating
• problem solving
• selling
• teamwork
• telephone techniques.

Download a PDF file of Colour Shapes training game.

Buy this game and use it many times; or we will run it for you. Please contact us for more information.

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We develop and sell a wide range of business simulation games and training material. We also sell selected training activities and games produced by other top training companies that achieve excellent results in our training courses and events. This training activity like many of the business games we sell, allows you to build your collection of readymade trainer-led activities or tailor your own training program. The activities are ideal for your training course, seminar or conference.

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Just let us know what you want to achieve from running the game and relax in the knowledge that we will make the game interesting, enjoyable and beneficial.

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