Directive Communication Tools

The participants sit in their seats waiting to begin; in front of them are some colorful cards, some cardboard dolls, 2 large envelops with colorful graphs inside, some multi-faceted blocks, some funny money and what appears to be a treasure map and a long tube. Then the music starts and the action begins. They are not there to learn creativity or how to teach elementary school. They are senior managers, top sales people and high potential candidates from well known multinationals, there to improve the productivity and effectiveness in the areas of Leadership, Sales, Project Management, Team Development and the list goes on. The proprietary tools are one of the reasons Directive Communication workshops have been noted as 42% more effective than traditional training. Each exercise is designed to not only add to a participant’s experiential knowledge and applied realization, but also to build on, and reinforce the previous learning and exercises. Participants are immersed in the entire learning system through games and the psychological strategies to make sure the learning is embedded in consciousness and long term memory.

Some of the DC tools used are :