İHA – Erdem Genç

At the 'Being a Team and Teamwork in Business Life' training programme, participants were shown the effect of rhythm on a team using darbuka and tambourine.

A training programme on 'Being a Team and Teamwork in Business Life' was held at the Union of Marmara Municipalities' headquarters in Eminönü. The seminar, led by Dilek Alanlı with the rhythm training given by Erdem Genç, was very well attended. Dilek Alanlı began by saying, "Because our perspectives on events differ, and because the side of an event we see can differ from the overall picture, this can lead to conflicts in communication," and continued: "We have 3 types of perception: visual, auditory and tactile. Visual perception has a 35 percent effect on people, auditory 25 percent and tactile 40 percent. The effect of body language on people is also very important. According to another figure, words account for 10 percent of the effect on people, tone of voice 30 percent and body language 60 percent."

Explaining in full detail the qualities of a team and a team leader, Alanlı said: "We see in games of Chinese whispers, too, that communication is very important. The different meanings and gaps in every account passed on to us cause the message to reach us wrongly." In the second part of the session, rhythm trainer Erdem Genç handed out darbukas and tambourines to all participants and talked about the effect of rhythm on a team.