Communication_and_Collaboration

Communication and Collaboration Strategy Shawn Short University of Phoenix Upon completion of my learning style assessment I gained full insight to the learning styles which matched my personal learning style. The assessment concluded that I am very much diversified in ways which I am able to learn and showed me that even though my strengths are interpersonal, intrapersonal, and logical-mathematical that my verbal-linguistic and naturalistic are very close and perhaps considered strong points as well. My weaknesses which are bodily-kinesthetic, musical and visual-spatial learning styles are the learning styles that I should improve in order to improve my learning comprehension and communicate effectively with my team members. This assessment has motivated me to improve so that I can effectively communicate and collaborate between different learning styles. I have developed a strategy to help improve in the areas which are my weakest, such as the bodily-kinesthetic, musical, and visual-spatial areas. I have separated my focus to each of these areas individually and am committed to improving these areas For the bodily-kinesthetic learning style I will attempt to recite the material that I want to communicate as well as use the “mental walk” memory strategy, and perhaps act out and recite the material when possible. I have written down these specific tasks which I will implement as new learning strategies continue to remind myself to execute them until I create new and effective communication techniques that include these bodily-kinesthetic exercises. Next is the musical learning style, I find this to be the most interesting as I am very moved and motivated when I listen to music. My strategy for this area will be to make songs about the new material I am learning and to replace the words in a song that I already now while also taking musical breaks when I am working on a long assignment. Finally, is the visual-spatial learning style which I would like to improve on. I will do so by drawing charts and graphs, using colored notes to distinguish between materials, and by creating and including visualizing material. Another area which I studied and would like to improve so that I can efficiently and effectively communicate with my peers is the personality spectrum. Personally I am more of a thinker and organizer; however I can improve my organization skills along with improving the giver and adventurer personality type areas. I have developed a strategy which I will use to improve in these areas. One way which I will improve my communications with someone that has an organizational personality type is by defining tasks in a clear and concrete manner, as well as by using a planner to coordinate scheduled tasks and dates. For persons with a giver personality type I will find ways to express my thoughts and feeling clearly while taking time to study with those individuals, and go out of my way to find tasks and subjects which involve helping others. Finally, the personality type which I must work the hardest to communicate better with is the adventurer type. Though I can relate very well and feel that I can communicate reasonably well according to the assessment I scored the lowest in this area. To improve how I communicate to the adventurer type I will find hands-on ways which I can communicate, perform tasks in an active way, and develop games and puzzles to help communicate and retain the material. In closing, I developed strategies for communicating effectively and efficiently with persons with different learning styles as well as individuals with different personality types. By doing so I am confident that my team members and I will successfully be able to complete our team tasks in an easy and timely manner.