The Sandstone Team Building Blog

When my gorgeous daughter was four weeks old (a lifetime and yet only six weeks ago) I sat on the sofa one morning and phoned my sister to ask where the off switch was. Francesca had been feeding and crying non-stop for a couple of hours and I was sure there must be some magical way to make her happy again. During the course of our chat my sister put her son on the phone, my three-year-old nephew Jack. As he came on the line Frankie started wailing again and I asked him if he could hear her. “Don’t worry Auntie Jo,” he said, “crying is just talking”.

Out of the mouths of babes! I couldn’t believe that a three-year-old had just shifted the whole thing into perspective for me. I have been involved in numerous team building events where the objective is to improve communications across departments, where colleagues complain that their point of view isn’t heard or that they aren’t made aware of important developments. My daughter was simply trying to communicate with me and I hadn’t been listening to her properly. It made me realise how important communication is, right from the day we are born. Maybe Jack should consider a career in team building…

Jo