 How can I develop people? The answer to the question is "It depends" the main thing it depends on is the person themselves, the best you can do is to adapt your approach to their needs not yours. You may have just read a great book, "read this book" will switch off some people completely!
All people have preferences for learning, see learning styles above. You need to tailor your development need to best match the the learners preference.
The second diagram, illustrates another difficultly. If we want to pass on our knowledge to others, we may have forgotten how to do the task. Unconscious competence. So much so that we may even forget vital steps, "Because they are so obvious,aren't they". This brings out the importance of TASK ANALYSIS when training others. The keys to developing staff are 1] Knowing the person and how they learn then designing learning to best fit with them [not you]. 2] Breaking the task down into manageable chunks that can de easily digested by the learner.
This page was last updated on: 24 September 2000 |
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