Tailored Communications Training: The Key to Effecting Change in Your Organisation
As Senior Client Directors at AM O’Sullivan PR, Siobhán Howe and Orla Clancy work closely with organisations to provide impactful communications training. Our training supports organisational change, enhances productivity, fosters a positive company culture and creates more appropriate communication channels. By focusing on skills that directly impact daily operations, these communications training workshops emphasise practical, real-world skills that align team members with core objectives and enable them to understand the purpose and goals behind each project and task.
What Sets AM O’Sullivan PR Apart
At AM O’Sullivan PR, we partner closely with our clients to identify their communications objectives and the challenges they are facing. Our experienced team then works to create a bespoke package, tailored to achieve our client’s objectives and resolve any challenges that may arise. Unlike “out of the box” training programmes, our approach addresses the specific needs of our clients and creates the most impactful solutions to their communications challenges, building a solid foundation for effecting meaningful organisational change. Using real-life scenarios, we develop role plays and workshop programmes that help team members recognise how, and when, ineffective communication can cause challenges and how effective communication can support organisational success.
How Communications Training Can Enhance Your Organisation
At every level within an organisation, fostering effective communications skills through training has several benefits including; increased efficiency, reduced miscommunication, enhanced collaboration and strengthened company culture. AM O’Sullivan PR’s communications training approach ensures that employees develop practical communications skills through interactive training sessions for real-world applications. This often includes everything from resolving conflicts to navigating complex stakeholder relationships.
Overcoming Barriers to Communications
Organisations can face communications challenges that arise from existing embedded ways of working and industry specific terminology. When aiming to overcome these potential barriers to communications, the first step is to acknowledge that they exist. AM O’Sullivan PR works closely with our clients to identify the specific barriers they are facing and how they can be surmounted, ultimately leading to a more seamless communications experience across the organisation.
An Interactive Approach
Our approach includes interactive exercises that simulate real-world scenarios, encouraging employees to think creatively about problem-solving and collaboration. This dynamic style of training promotes open dialogue and a continuous exchange of ideas, sparking innovative solutions to common challenges faced in client organisations.
Helping Organisations Communicate During Periods Of Change
Communications training equips team members with essential skills to handle challenging conversations and complex situations with confidence and professionalism. By focusing on active listening, they learn to fully understand others’ perspectives before responding, which helps prevent misunderstandings and fosters trust. Our training programmes incorporate techniques for enhancing clarity, ensuring that messages are conveyed with precision and purpose, which is particularly crucial in high-stakes or sensitive discussions.
Conclusion
Communications training is a valuable investment for organisations looking to elevate and enhance collaboration, productivity and adaptability. By equipping employees with skills in effective communications, organisations can overcome many common communications barriers and foster a more inclusive and efficient working environment, leading to enhanced business results.
If you are looking to enhance and elevate communications across your organisation, please contact Siobhán Howe at siobhan@amosullivanpr.ie or Orla Clancy at orla@amosullivanpr.ie. Our team can support your organisation to devise and implement impactful communications strategies.
This blog is co-authored by Siobhán Howe and Orla Clancy.
