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Colourshapes Business Game | Training Activity
Effective interpersonal / communication skills team game to establish colour and shape of missing cards
TIMING
15 to 60 minutes + debrief
COMPUTER
Not required
LANGUAGE
Played in any language
NUMBERS PER GAME
In-person: 4 to 28 participants.
Remote: 4 to 15 participants.
Most versatile with teams of 6-10
LICENCE FREE
No restrictions on the number of times you can use this game
WHO WILL BENEFIT?
Staff at any level
PRICE TO BUY OR ELITE FACILITATE
Buy: £225 + delivery & VAT (if applicable)
Facilitation at your UK venue: £850 + VAT for up to 28 delegates
Remote Facilitation: £395 + VAT (if appicable) for up to 15
Understand the importance of listening and seeing things from someone else’s point of view. Colourshapes is a challenging, entertaining and innovative exercise; simple to set up to play in-person (indoors or outdoors) or remotely. This popular effective communication training game is easily integrated into any learning and development event, in any language, with an enormous variety of applications.
COLOURSHAPES VIDEO - REMOTE VERSION
See below to view others playing the in-person version.
PURPOSE
Can your team achieve success and identify the missing shapes through clear communication skills?
Successful communication is not just about listening and this training games proves that and much more!
An ideal communication skills game for training sessions about communication, interpersonal skills, teamwork, cooperation, problem solving, conflict management and remote working.
SUPPLIED WITH THE GAME
- Trainers Guide, including information on how to run the game and apply learnings in delegates roles
- Team Instructions
- Observers' Instructions
- Debrief Sheet
- Colourshapes Cards x 30 (similar to credit cards or electronic equivalent)
BENEFITS
- Portable, simple to set up and supplied with clear instructions and debrief suggestions
- Buy 'off the shelf' and use as many times as you want or let Elite's trainers facilitate for you
- Attractive, absorbing and challenging
- Versatile to meet a wide range of learning objectives and appropriate to any group with a shared language
- Acts as an ice breaker and leads to greater understanding between group members
- Colourshapes focuses on individuals' understanding of their communication style and listening skills and in particular develops the use of appropriate language
- Highlights the need for both effective team and individual skills
- Excellent training/business game for trainers to use at team building and training events, assessment centres, conference and away days
- Used by companies, organisations, schools and universities
HOW IT WORKS:
- There are 6 different shapes repeated in 5 different colours; a total of 30 quality laminated plastic cards (similar to credit cards, or electronic equipment)
- Arrange the participants to sit in a circle facing outwards so they cannot see each other properly (or playing remotely so they cannot see each others' shapes)
- 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
- Can each person describe their shape accurately for the other people to notice the difference in the shape - the answer is usually no!
- Assumptions are often made and clear communication and listening skills are required to achieve the correct answer
- Observe the group interaction
SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE
If you have used the popular Colourblind 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.
While some teams strictly follow the rules, others will try to cheat by looking at their colleagues' cards. So honesty and trust in the workplace are other key learning points raised in this game.
COLOURSHAPES VIDEO - IN-PERSON VERSION
See above to view others playing the remote version of Elite Training's Colourshapes business game
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Comments from the Colourshapes Game
"I have enjoyed using Colourshapes as an exercise to promote effective communication within and between teams. The exercise provides a good mix of interaction and challenge. The learnings are obvious to participants, and it has led to immediate takeaways." People Development Partner, Criteo
"An excellent game, really got the team talking and eventually working together! Such good value; I recommend this for communication training and team building." Founder, SkovConsult
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- For over 20 years we've been delivering excellent management training and personal development skills to businesses and public sector organisations across the UK.
- Our trainers enhance the learning experience with our high energy, results driven approach.
- Experiential learning with business games and training materials help participants acquire essential knowledge and skills through active, self-reflective engagement and enable them to remember the key learning points.
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OUR CLIENTS
Customers who have purchased our Colourshapes training activity include:
| AkzoNobel | Box Associates | Cisco Meraki | Criteo |
| East Renfrewshire Council | SkovConsult | Vision Forward International | Waldron |
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