A presentation by

ABBAS HUSAIN
Senior Associate Training Solutions For MPF

4TH DECEMBER 2009

WELCOME .

ALL OF US ARE GREAT AT DOING OUR OWN WORK BUT HOW MANY CAN GET WORK OUT OF OTHERS?

At the end, you should be able to:

Understand

what you bring to a team your preferences And what makes for the diversity in people

Whatever an individual needs, organizations force them to act in some kind of team sooner or later. Hence the need to be aware of how and why teams develop, how they can be managed and what makes a team effective or ineffective.

Advantages of Teams

Sharing of information and ideas Meeting psychological needs for being with others Specialization is possible Improved learning and decision-making Synergy (1 + 1 = 33) Individual biases can be overcome

Disadvantages

Stifling of individuality Cost in time and effort of building a team Decisions may be made on basis of keeping team members happy rather than being critically examined The dangers of group pressure

The Wisdom of Teams

A small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable.

Tuckmans integrative model

FORMING
STORMING

NORMING PERFORMING
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TODAY I WILL SHARE WITH YOU

THREE TOOLS THAT HAVE HELPED ME PERSONALLY IN MY WORK WITH COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE
WHY TEAMS DONT WORK (A POEM) JOHARI WINDOWS

FOR MI WE NEED TO LEARN

FROM A MAN WHO CAN BE SAID TO KNOW OF THESE THINGS

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Howard Gardner

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
by

Howard Gardner

Howard Gardner
Frames of Mind Creating Minds Leading Minds The Disciplined Mind

Changing Minds

GARDNERS INSIGHT IS:

INTELLIGENCE is NOT singular any more: it is a plural!

We should no longer talk of being intelligent or not being intelligent

Nine Intelligences
th 20

Century Examples from CREATING MINDS By HOWARD GARDNER

Verbal-Linguistic
T.S.ELIOT

Word Smart

Verbal-Linguistic

The "word smart" people learn best through language including speaking, writing, reading, and listening. They use language to express what is on their minds and to understand other people. They are able to explain, convince, and express themselves verbally or in writing. They enjoy writing and creating with words.

Logical / Mathematical Intelligence

ALBERT EINSTEIN

Logic / Math Smart

Logical / Mathematical Intelligence

The "number smart" people learn best through numbers, reasoning, and problem solving. They are able to create and manipulate visuals and mental pictures from various perspectives. They like to weigh, measure, calculate, and organize data. They are good at making an analogy or debating an issue.

Visual / Spatial Intelligence

PABLO PICASSO

Art / Space Smart

Visual / spatial Intelligence

The "picture smart" people have the ability to represent the spatial world in their minds.

So, they learn best visually and tend to organize their thinking spatially.
They like to think and create pictures. They are also drawn to information that is presented in a visual form.

Musical / Rhythmic Intelligence

IGOR STRAVINSKY

Music Smart

Musical / Rhythmic Intelligence

The "music smart" people think in music, hearing patterns, recognizing, remembering, and manipulating them. They learn best through sounds including listening and making sounds such as songs, rhythms, patterns, and other types of auditory expression.

They are able to use inductive and deductive reasoning and identify

Bodily / Kinesthetic Intelligence

MARTHA GRAHAM

Body Smart

Bodily / Kinesthetic Intelligence

The "body smart" people use their whole body or parts of their body to solve a problem. They learn best through physical activity such as dance, hands-on tasks, constructing models, and any kind of movement. They are able to manipulate and control objects, as well as express their ideas through movement.

Naturalist Intelligence
CHARLES DARWIN

Nature Smart

Naturalist Intelligence

The "nature" people have sensitivity to other features of the natural world. So, they learn best through the interactions with the environment including outdoor activities, field trips, and involvement with plants and animals. They see the subtle meanings and patterns in nature and the world around them.

Interpersonal Intelligence
MAHATMA GANDHI

People Smart

Interpersonal Intelligence

The "social smart" people learn best through interaction with other people through discussions, cooperative work, or social activities. They are able to create synergy in a room by being aware of the feelings and motives of others. They can be excellent leaders because they enjoy being part of a group.

Intrapersonal Intelligence
SIGMUND FREUD

Self Smart

Intrapersonal Intelligence

The "self smart" people have a good understanding of themselves. Because they know who they are, what they can do, and what they want to do, they tend not to screw up. They learn best through meta-cognitive practices such as getting in touch with their feelings and self motivation. They are able to concentrate and be mindful. They prefer solitary activities.

And now there is the ninth intelligence:

Existential Intelligence

9. Existential intelligence Saints and sages of all religions

Existential intelligence

A keen sense of the essence of being as contrasted against feverish directionless activity. The asking of the big questions: Why are we here? Where am I going? Who am I? Many great thinkers and all religious and spiritual traditions have emphasized the need for meditation, contemplation, and reflection in daily life.

In our rough and tumble world these things are seen as passive or a digression from productive effort. But this frenzied activity fails to hide the fact that one insight earned in silence can save years of wasted effort.

Dominant

Helping Intelligence

Occasional

Neutral

Dormant

THE COLD WITHIN

Six humans trapped by happenstance, in bleak and bitter cold,
Each one possessed a stick of wood, or so the story's told. Their dying fire in need of logs, the first man held his back,

For of the faces 'round the fire, he noticed one was black.

THE COLD WITHIN

The next man looking 'cross the way saw one not of his church,
And couldn't bring himself to give the fire his stick of birch. The third one sat in tattered clothes; he gave his coat a hitch, Why should his log be put to use to warm the idle rich?

THE COLD WITHIN

The rich man just sat back and thought of the wealth he had in store, And how to keep what he had earned from the lazy, shiftless poor. The black man's face bespoke revenge as the fire passed from sight, For all he saw in his stick of wood was a chance to spite the white.

THE COLD WITHIN

The last man of this forlorn group did naught except for gain, Giving only to those who gave was how he played the game. Their logs held tight in death's still hand was proof of human sin,
They didn't die from the cold withoutthey died from THE COLD WITHIN.

JOHARI WINDOWS

Known to Self

Not Known to Self

Known to Others

Not Known to Others

JOHARI WINDOWS
Known to Self
Known to Others

Not Known to Self

(A) Arena (C) Hidden Agenda

(B) Blind Spot

Not Known to Others

(D) Potential

feedback
disclosure

(A) Arena
(C) Hidden Agenda

(B) Blind Spot

(D) Potent ial

A MEDITATION ON SURA TEEN

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ABBAS HUSAIN
Senior Associate Training Solution 129-G Block 2 PECHS Karachi 75400 www.tdc.edu.pk Email: abbas@tdc.edu.pk info@tdc.edu.pk 021-4310217/4392949

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