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- 1. Designing Impactful “LearningStyle”-BasedActions Presented by Donna Schilder, MCC Executive & Mentor Coach Donna@DonnaSchilder.com 562 434 7822 www.DonnaSchilder.com
- 2. ICF LA Teleclass Objectives Overview of theVAK “Learning Styles” How Knowledge of Learning Styles Can Increase Coaching Skill Helping Clients IdentifyTheir Learning Style(s) Supporting Deeper Learning through “Learning Style”-Based Actions “Learning Style”-Based Action Examples Coaching to “Learning Styles” 3/6/2015 ©2015 Glacier Point Solutions, Inc. ~ Donna Schilder, MCC, Executive & Mentor Coach ~ www.DonnaSchilder.com ~ Donna@DonnaSchilder.com ~ (562)434-7822 2
- 3. Overview of the VAK LearningStyles* Visual Auditory Kinesthetic/Tactile See Learn through seeing, visualizing, or written language Hear Learn by manipulating language Do Learn by moving, doing, and touching *The threeVAK Learning Modalities are adapted from Barbe, Swassing, and Milone. 3/6/2015 ©2015 Glacier Point Solutions, Inc. ~ Donna Schilder, MCC, Executive & Mentor Coach ~ www.DonnaSchilder.com ~ Donna@DonnaSchilder.com ~ (562)434-7822 3
- 4. How Knowledge of LearningStyles Increases CoachingSkill EstablishingTrust and Intimacy: because speaking in the language of your client’s “Learning Style” supports development of intimacy and help you coach to the “who” of the client. Powerful Questioning: because questions based on your client’s “Learning Style” will naturally be more powerful for them. Direct Communication: because messages are more likely to be heard by your client when they are communicated in the language of their “Learning Style”. Creating Awareness: because when you speak in your client’s “Learning Style”, they are better able to hear your message. 3/6/2015 ©2015 Glacier Point Solutions, Inc. ~ Donna Schilder, MCC, Executive & Mentor Coach ~ www.DonnaSchilder.com ~ Donna@DonnaSchilder.com ~ (562)434-7822 4
- 5. How Knowledge of LearningStyles Increases CoachingSkill ICF Core Competencies B. 3. EstablishingTrust and Intimacy with the Client 4. Demonstrates respect for client's perceptions, learning style, personal being. D.9. Designing Actions—Ability to create with the client opportunities for ongoing learning, during coaching and in work/life situations, and for taking new actions that will most effectively lead to agreed-upon coaching results. 1. Brainstorms and assists the client to define actions that will enable the client to demonstrate, practice, and deepen new learning. 3. Engages the client to explore alternative ideas & solutions . . . 4. Promotes active experimentation and self-discovery, where the client applies what has been discussed and learned . . . 3/6/2015 ©2015 Glacier Point Solutions, Inc. ~ Donna Schilder, MCC, Executive & Mentor Coach ~ www.DonnaSchilder.com ~ Donna@DonnaSchilder.com ~ (562)434-7822 5
- 6. How Knowledge of LearningStyles Increases CoachingSkill Professional Certified Coach (PCC) Markers 6: Powerful Questioning 1. Coach’s questions use the client’s language and elements of the client’s learning style and frame of reference. MCC Minimum Skills Requirements 3. EstablishingTrust and Intimacy with the Client The MCC level coach demonstrates a complete confidence in self, the coaching process, the client, and the client’s perceptions, learning style, and personal being. . . . 3/6/2015 ©2015 Glacier Point Solutions, Inc. ~ Donna Schilder, MCC, Executive & Mentor Coach ~ www.DonnaSchilder.com ~ Donna@DonnaSchilder.com ~ (562)434-7822 6
- 7. How Knowledge of LearningStyles Increases CoachingSkill MCC Minimum Skills Requirements 7. Powerful Questioning . . .The coach makes frequent and full use of the client’s language and learning style to craft questions and the questions clearly provide a space for a client to use and expand their own style of thinking, learning, and creating. . . . 8. Creating Awareness . . At an MCC level, the coach’s way of being is consistently curious, the coach is willing to not know, and to let the exploration evolve based on the client’s thinking, learning, and creating, and the coach appears as much an explorer as the client.The coach has not concluded what awareness should be in any manner, nor does the coach force awareness in any manner.The use of the client’s greatness, strengths, intuition, and learning style is fully invited and welcomed. . . . 3/6/2015 ©2015 Glacier Point Solutions, Inc. ~ Donna Schilder, MCC, Executive & Mentor Coach ~ www.DonnaSchilder.com ~ Donna@DonnaSchilder.com ~ (562)434-7822 7
- 8. How Knowledge of LearningStyles Increases CoachingSkill MCC Minimum Skills Requirements 9. Designing Actions . . . At the MCC level, the coach and client design actions that fit the client’s goals, learning style and creating methods, where the client is, what the client wants, the client’s measures of accomplishment, and that reflect the pace of wanted or necessary movement designated by the client.The coach allows actions to include thinking, creating, doing, and being. . . . 3/6/2015 ©2015 Glacier Point Solutions, Inc. ~ Donna Schilder, MCC, Executive & Mentor Coach ~ www.DonnaSchilder.com ~ Donna@DonnaSchilder.com ~ (562)434-7822 8
- 9. HelpingClients IdentifyTheir LearningStyle(s) VAK Learning StyleTests http://www.westwood.edu/admissions/high-school- students/getting-ready-for-college/study-aids/vak- learning-styles http://webshares.northseattle.edu/fam180/topics/lear nstyle/learnstl.htm 3/6/2015 ©2015 Glacier Point Solutions, Inc. ~ Donna Schilder, MCC, Executive & Mentor Coach ~ www.DonnaSchilder.com ~ Donna@DonnaSchilder.com ~ (562)434-7822 9
- 10. HelpingClients IdentifyTheir LearningStyle(s) Visual Approx. 60% Speech pattern: I “see” May like to read Likes pictures, colors, art, fashion Dreams vividly or in color Auditory Approx. 20% Speech pattern: I “hear” Likes to read aloud Likes music Moves lips when reading Good at explaining Kinesthetic Approx. 20% Speech pattern: I “feel” Likes to build things Likes adventure books Fidgets Good at sports 3/6/2015 ©2015 Glacier Point Solutions, Inc. ~ Donna Schilder, MCC, Executive & Mentor Coach ~ www.DonnaSchilder.com ~ Donna@DonnaSchilder.com ~ (562)434-7822 10
- 11. Supporting Deeper Learning thru “LearningStyle” -BasedActions Actions better align with “who” of the client In my experience, clients are: More passionate about actions that align with their learning preferences More likely to do them 3/6/2015 ©2015 Glacier Point Solutions, Inc. ~ Donna Schilder, MCC, Executive & Mentor Coach ~ www.DonnaSchilder.com ~ Donna@DonnaSchilder.com ~ (562)434-7822 11
- 12. Visual Learning Techniques Visual - Linguistic • Reading • Creating a word map • Posting a word, in color, where they will see it every day • Using “Post It” Notes to arrange ideas on a board • Visualizing or imagining • Drawing a picture • Posting a picture where they will see it every day • Creating a visual metaphor • Uploading pictures that represent an idea on an electronic picture frame 3/6/2015 ©2015 Glacier Point Solutions, Inc. ~ Donna Schilder, MCC, Executive & Mentor Coach ~ www.DonnaSchilder.com ~ Donna@DonnaSchilder.com ~ (562)434-7822 12
- 13. Auditory Learning Techniques Auditory • Being asked questions • Presenting information orally • Listening to a podcast • Listening to a lecture • Journaling 3/6/2015 ©2015 Glacier Point Solutions, Inc. ~ Donna Schilder, MCC, Executive & Mentor Coach ~ www.DonnaSchilder.com ~ Donna@DonnaSchilder.com ~ (562)434-7822 13
- 14. Kinesthetic Learning Techniques Kinesthetic • Walking or running while repeating or listening to information • Finding an object that represents a concept • Role playing or acting something out • Doing experiments • Building a model • Tracing something in the sand • Drawing a picture • Journaling 3/6/2015 ©2015 Glacier Point Solutions, Inc. ~ Donna Schilder, MCC, Executive & Mentor Coach ~ www.DonnaSchilder.com ~ Donna@DonnaSchilder.com ~ (562)434-7822 14
- 15. Additional Benefits of HelpingClients Understand LearningStyle Theory May create greater self-awareness Leadership Growth May create greater skill at communication, coaching, & training May create greater understanding of their: Staff Colleagues Boss 3/6/2015 ©2015 Glacier Point Solutions, Inc. ~ Donna Schilder, MCC, Executive & Mentor Coach ~ www.DonnaSchilder.com ~ Donna@DonnaSchilder.com ~ (562)434-7822 15
- 16. Summary VAK “Learning Styles”: *Visual * Auditory * Kinesthetic How to Help Clients IdentifyTheir Learning Style(s) How to Support Deeper Learning through “Learning Style”-Based Actions How to Coach to “Learning Style” 3/6/2015 ©2015 Glacier Point Solutions, Inc. ~ Donna Schilder, MCC, Executive & Mentor Coach ~ www.DonnaSchilder.com ~ Donna@DonnaSchilder.com ~ (562)434-7822 16
Editor's Notes
- I’m Donna Schilder, MCC, Executive and Career Coach. My website is DonnaSchilder.com I’m excited and honored to join the elite group of presenters of the ICF LA Teleclass series. I’ll be talking about Desigining impactful learning style based actions and how to use knowledge of learning styles in your Coaching practice.
- Poll – Press 1 if you use Learning Styles Theory in your Coaching now.
- VAK Learning Styles – Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic/Tactile It is a preference All learners use all three modalities. VAK Theory: one to two modalities are dominant or preferred. Utilizing more than one modality is an effective approach Through my experience, clients are more motivated to take an action if it is in their learning style. Research shows visual presentation and use of pictures advantageous for all adults If find that my knowledge of Learning Styles and how they relate to actions, helps me offer a greater variety of ideas for actions, so I’m not just offering “journaling” as an action to every client. The U.S. Education Systems Relies on Different Modalities More At Different Stages of Education Kindergarten thru 3rd – Kinesthestic 4-8th Grades – Visual High School through College - Auditory Descriptions of Learning Modalities: Poll – How many people believe they are Visual – 1, Auditory – 2, Kinesthetic - 3 Dunn, Beaudry, & Klavas, 1989
- I love discussing the Core Competencies. When I work as a Mentor Coach with a client, I love digging into the Core Competencies and the Ethical Guidelines to discuss how they apply to the individual Coach. When you ‘re in a class they get discussed in generalities, but when you are doing one-on-one Coaching, you can examine how the Competencies and ethics truly apply to you.
- You can use this to evaluate co-workers, friends, family members. Have you ever had the experience where you try to explain something and the person just isn’t getting it? This knowledge can allow you to change your approach in explaining something, so that you both don’t just get frustrated. If you incorporate the person’s learning style in how you explain a concept to them, they are more likely to understand it. If you are explaining it verbally, you can try drawing a diagram on an easel. If you’ve tried drawing a diagram, you can try showing the person or having them do it themselves. This can help you avoid a lot of frustration and be a more effective leader, coach, or trainer.
- As I’ve worked with clients over the past 10 years, I have always had them take a Learning Style Quiz at the beginning of our work together. This has helped me Coach to their Learning styles. I have found that clients get more excited about actions when they are designed around their learning style. They are more likely to carry out actions. And, they seem to learn more deeply when they engage in actions that align with their learning preference.
- Let me give you a scenario and have two people give examples of actions that they might offer as possibilities to a client who has a preference for visual learning. If possible, give an action I haven’t listed here. You are Coaching a client who is preparing for job interviews and needs to learn their 5 Career Success Stories. They are stumped on actions to support this learning. What ideas could you offer them.
- Journaling is a special action because it hits all three of the Learning styles. It manipulates language, it can be visual, and you’re writing, which is kinesthetic. Here’s another scenario, let’s get one respondent for this one. This one’s a little more advanced. The client is auditory wants to become a better public speaker. Through your coaching with them, they have discovered that they have belief that they are not a good speaker. What questions could you ask, using their auditory learning style, to help them understand more about this belief. Could you describe a time when you were told you weren’t a good public speaker? How does your voice sound when you imagine yourself public speaking? How could you make it sound differently?
- Debrief What did you notice about the questions I asked? What did you notice about the actions we designed? How do you think that impacted the client? Poll – Press 1 if you are going to try coaching to Learning Styles with their clients. Press 2 if you are not going to try it.