We are adult people with the certain flow of obtaining and applying life experience already set. Its all about our personal learning style - 4 categories that will bring you power of self-identification and understanding your mates and colleagues. To get leap forward in your communication skills and develop your emotional intelligence, identify who you are first.
Practice:
Step 1: align learning styles mixes with Belbin Team roles (2 styles per role as primary and secondary)
Step 2: analyze your team from match / match with reservations standpoint taking into account current mates' role vs its primary learning style.
Step 3: grow in prosperity
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Questions does the work
Mentoring – is ??? questions to help
Coaching – is ??? questions to help
ANSWERING
ASKING
7. Always think of WHO
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Test
Be aware of yourself
Benefit from linking
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Activist
Here and now
Just do it
Jump in at the deep end
Have a go
Act without thinking it through
Don’t like preparation
Get bored easily
9. Take time to think it through
Consider all angles and implications
Listen to others
Uncomfortable in unplanned situations
Need information to work on
Dislike deadlines
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Reflector
11. Does it work in practice?
Like linking the theory to the problem
Like to tackle it straight away
Enjoy coaching and feedback
Don’t like open ended discussions
Need clear guidelines
Need immediate reward
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Pragmatist
16. The Inner Game of Work (W. Timothy Gallwey)
Mentoring: Theory and Practice (Judy McKimm, Carol Jollie and Mark Hatter)
Taking the Temperature of Coaching (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development)
Effective Coaching (Myles Downey)
Coaching for Performance (John Whitmore)
Honey, P. & Mumford, A. (2000). The learning styles helper's guide.
Roles by Belbin: http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_83.htm
Detailed Description per role: http://www.werkenmetteamrollen.nl/werken-met-teamrollen/The-
9-teamroles.asp#.VVM3H_mqqko
Utilizing Belbin Roles in Teams: http://changingminds.org/explanations/preferences/belbin.htm
Strengths and Weaknesses per Role: http://www.belbin.com/rte.asp?id=8
Roles by Project Phase: http://belbin.improvingteams.com/using-the-nine-belbin-team-roles-for-
team-development/
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References
Editor's Notes
1. Adults’ orientation to learning is life-centered
Awareness of personal and social contexts
Linked to values, life experiences, life goals
2. Experience: rich resource for learning
Shared experiences
Critical reflection
Individual and group ownership
Tension in transforming: building “new” knowledge based on existing knowledge and beliefs
Knowles (1978), Mezirow (2001), Taylor (2000)