brainmodepower f2f workshop

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BRAIN MODE® powerConnecting the Power Within to Highest and Best Performance

Cognitive Thinking Modes

Sequential Global

Highly Integrated

Sensory Modes

Highest

and Best

Performance

Sensory

Inputs

Productivity

- Visual

- Kinesthetic

- Auditory

Learning Communication

Performance

Excellence

Presented by:

Sharon Wingron, CPLP

Your PEOPLE Development Partner!

Wings of Success LLC

www.developPEOPLE.com

FINISHED FILES ARE

THE RESULT OF YEARS

OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY

COMBINED WITH THE

EXPERIENCE OF MANY

YEARS OF WORKING

FOCUSED FOLKS

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FINISHED FILES ARE

THE RESULT OF YEARS

OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY

COMBINED WITH THE

EXPERIENCE OF MANY

YEARS OF WORKING

FOCUSED FOLKS

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Today’s Purpose

• Self Awareness of Learning & Thinking

Styles

• Introduce Tools for Professional Success

• Consider Organizational Applications

Today’s Agenda

The Century of the Brain

Principles

NLP & Accelerated Learning

Sensory Modes

Thinking Modes

Your BRAINMODE®power Assessment

Scores and Statistics

Professional Development Application Tools &Activities

Copyright 1994 – 2008, The HADRON Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

The Century of the BRAIN

• Work smarter, not harder

• Out-think, out-learn, out-create

• Leveraging brain power #1 success factor

“Knowing your strengths in how you learn and think and

acting on this knowledge, is the key to performance.”

Peter Drucker

Management Challenges for the 21st Century


BRAIN MODE Influences

• How you prefer to:

– Learn

– Think

– Work

– Communicate

• What you:

– Enjoy doing

– Pay attention to

– Remember

– Select as careers


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• Everyone's BRAIN MODE power is unique

• Modes are learning and thinking styles

• Mode preferences are diverse

• Preferences can be measured reliably

• No style combination is better than another

• The power comes from leveraging strengths

• All modes can be strengthened

Principles


NLP and Accelerated Learning

Neuro-Linguistic

Programming (NLP)

• Neuro – sensory inputs

create thought

patterns/experience

• Linguistic – language

imprints to provide

experience

• Programming – steps to

create desired outcome

Accelerated Learning

• People are smarter and

more capable than they

think

• Limiting beliefs limit our

performance and quality

of life

• Remove barriers to

quicken and expand

learning

???

• How do you approach learning?

– New project at work

– Topic you are studying in school

– New technology/equipment to use

Activity

• Pick a partner

• Choose Person A and Person B

• Person A – explain to Person B how to get to your house from work– 3 minutes

• Person B – explain to Person A how to get to the airport from work– 3 minutes

• Discuss how your learning and thinking styles came in to play in this discussion– 4 minutes

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Did you …

• Draw a picture?

• Use your hands to “assist” the communication process?

• Give exact mileage?

• Describe landmarks such as stores, restaurants, or other visual indicators?

• Talked out loud to your “friend”?

• Saw the drive in your mind?

• Started with an overview of the drive (e.g., “it will take about 15 minutes… or I live in Clayton…)?

• Gave step-by-step, detailed instructions?

Sensory Modes


• Visual (V)

– See and Show

• Auditory (A)

– Hear and Tell

• Kinesthetic (K)

– Do and Demonstrate

• Take in information

• Express yourself

• Mode Sequence

– Primary

– Secondary

– Tertiary

Visual

See information

Draw, doodle, take notes

People watch

Color

Organization

Visualize


Auditory

Hear information

Listen

Discuss, debate

Ask questions

Think about meaning

of words


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Kinesthetic

Move

Hands-on

Demonstrate

Dress for comfort

Direct experience


Thinking Mode Functions

Left Hemisphere -Sequential

• Language

• Math & numbers

• Logic & analysis

• Sequence & order

• Words of a song

Right Hemisphere -Global

• Imagination

• Possibilities & options

• Forms & patterns

• Visual & spatial

• Rhythm & music


Sequential

Organized

Logical

Accurate

Data

Analysis

Single tasks


Global

Big picture

Possibilities & options

Visionary

Broad goals

Multi-tasks


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Integrated

Combination

Sequential

Global


BRAIN MODE® powerConnecting the Power Within to Highest and Best Performance

Cognitive Thinking Modes

Sequential Global

Highly Integrated

Sensory Modes

Highest

and Best

Performance

Sensory

Inputs

Productivity

- Visual

- Kinesthetic

- Auditory

Learning Communication

Performance

Excellence

BRAINMODE®power Assessment

• Based on scientific research

• 3 on-line products in English & Spanish

1. Professional Development – Foundational

2. Team Development

3. Sales Success

• Focus on individual, team and organizational:

• Productivity

• Learning

• Communication


BRAINMODE®power

The only assessment system that:

• Quantifies & tracks learning and thinking patterns

• Delivers customized tools for productivity,

learning, communications and problem solving

• Provides the management tools to develop

learning and thinking as an organizational

competence


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BRAINMODE®power

for Professional Development

Report Sections


1. Part I – Your Profile Summary

2. Part II – Your Profile Interpretation

3. Part III – Your Application Tools

Since you took the online

assessment…

• How have you experienced your

BRAINMODE®power at work?

• What have you noticed?

– What have you observed?

– What have you felt?

– What have you heard?

• What questions do you have?

Sensory Modes

Sequences and Scores

Highest Score – Primary Mode Preferred way to first take in information

What you prefer to pay most attention to

Next Highest Score – Back-Up Mode Helps sort, organize and integrate information

Motivates us to action

Lowest Score – Creative Mode What you pay least attention to

Unconscious/sub-conscious mode

Creative breakthroughs


BRAIN MODE power Sensory Mode Data

KVA

51%

KAV

8%

VKA

27%

VAK

7%

AVK

4%

AKV

3% KVA

KAV

VKA

VAK

AVK

AKV

K = Kinesthetic; V = Visual; A = Auditory


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Thinking Mode Scores

Most people have a combination of Sequential and Global scores

High Scores = High Preferences

Close Scores = Integrated Thinking


BRAIN MODE power Thinking Mode Data

G

16%HG

6%

HI

11%HS

6%I

1%IG

14%

IS

21%

S

25%

G

HG

HI

HS

I

IG

IS

S

Global

Highly Global

Highly Integrated

Highly Sequential

Integrated

Integrated, leaning G

Integrated, leaning S

Sequential


BRAINMODE®power Application Tools

1. Leveraging Thinking Mode power

2. Creating Effective Environments

3. Improving Communication

4. Accelerating Learning

5. Accessing Creativity

Productivity

LearningCommunication

BRAIN MODE

power

Cornerstones


Application Tool Strategies

• Take responsibility and control of your success

• Starts with self-awareness of your strongest

BRAINMODE®power traits and assets

• Start now with where you are

• Leverage your strongest modes

• Grow and expand modes to grow


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Application 1

Use BRAINMODE®power worksheet

– Review strategies from categories

representing your strongest modes

• Divide into groups by your Primary

Thinking Mode

• Pick “Thinking partner” with different

Primary Thinking mode

– Discuss how to work together in future

Productivity Principles

• Work and learning environments affect performance

• Remove distractions that block performance

• Create environments that align with what you have to do

Sensory Activities Thinking Activities

Visual – observing Global – multi-task, creative, ideas, strategic

Auditory – listening Sequential – single task, data, accuracy, logic

Kinesthetic – hands-on


Productivity Enhancers

Sensory Environments

• Auditory

– Quiet

– Interruption free

• Visual

– Attractive

– Organized

• Kinesthetic

– Touch and move

– Physical comfort

Thinking Environments

• Sequential

– Formal

– Bright light

– Cooler temperature

– Quiet

– Snacks/drinks at breaks

• Global

– Informal

– Dim light

– Warm temperature

– Background sound

– Snacks/drinks while working


Distractions

Sensory Modes

• Auditory: random sound, interruptions

• Visual: unattractive environment, clutter

• Kinesthetic: cramped space, physical discomfort

Thinking Modes

• Sequential: informal settings, lack of order & logic, multi-tasking, low light, too warm

• Global: formal settings, lack of options & possibilities, single tasking, bright light, too cold

• Integrated: not able to see “big picture” and how pieces fit together, lack of environmental options

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Application 2: Environment

Review the Environment section of your

Application Tools

• Consider a specific activity you would like

to improve your productivity in

• “Design” the ideal space for this activity

– Use drawings, words …

– Identify a space that could fit this need

Individual Communication

Principles

• Each person has their own communication style

• Rapport and understanding increases when people receive

information on their preferred wavelength or modes

• Ask people to communicate with you on YOUR

WAVELENGTH or mode preferences



Needs• Auditory Needs

– Hearing instructions, direction, progress reports

– Prefer discussions, voice mail, Q/A

• Visual Needs– Seeing instructions, directions, progress reports

– Prefer visual material, e-mail, charts and graphs

• Kinesthetic Needs– Doing, demonstrations, touch, movement

– Prefer hands-on experiences, face-to-face interactions



Needs

Sequential Needs

• Order and logic; processes and procedures

• Prefer completing one task before beginning another

Global Needs

• Big picture and broad goals; possibilities and options

• Prefer multi-tasking and multi-level analysis

Integrated Needs

• Variety and choices

• Want to see big picture/possibilities and sequence/logic


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Application 3:

Communication

Refer to Tool #3 – Improving Personal

Communication Effectiveness

• Review your Sensory & Thinking mode

strategies

• Sort into Auditory – Visual – Kinesthetic

• Briefly discuss strategies that work for you

• Large Group report-out & requests

WE LEARN

• 10% of what we read

• 20% of what we hear

• 30% of what we see

• 50% of what we both hear & see

• 70% of what is discussed with another

• 80% of what we personally experience

• 95% of what we TEACH to someone else.

Source: William Glasser

Accelerating Learning

• Different Techniques

– Review and Memorization Strategies

– Sensory Mode Learning Tool Box

– Thinking Mode Learning Tool Box

Application 4:


“Symphony Review”

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• Everyone's BRAIN MODE power is unique

• Modes are learning and thinking styles

• Mode preferences are diverse

• Preferences can be measured reliably

• No style combination is better than another

• The power comes from leveraging strengths

• All modes can be strengthened

Principles


BRAINMODE®power

Influences

How you prefer to:

Learn

Think

Work

Communicate

What you:

Enjoy doing

Pay attention to

Remember

Select as careers


BRAINMODE®power Survey

Sensory Modes

Auditory

Visual

Kinesthetic

Sensory Mode Purpose

Take in information

Express information

Thinking Modes

Sequential

Global

Integrated

Thinking Mode Purpose

Process & organize

Create new possibilities


Sensory Styles

Learn Express

Auditory Hearing Talking

Visual Seeing Showing

Kinesthetic Doing Demonstrating

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Kinesthetic

Move

Hands-on

Demonstrate

Dress for comfort

Direct experience


Visual

See information

Draw, doodle, take notes

People watch

Color

Organization

Visualize


Auditory

Hear information

Listen

Discuss, debate

Ask questions

Think about meaning

of words


Sensory Mode Needs

Kinesthetic Learners Need:

• Doing, demonstration, touch, movement

• Hands-on experiences, face-to-face interactions

• Physical comfort and movement

• Slower vocal speed

Visual Learners Need:

• Seeing instruction, directions, reports

• Visual material, e-mail, charts & graphs

• Attractive and organized environments

• Medium to high vocal speed

Auditory Learners Need:

• Hearing instructions, directions, reports

• Discussions, voice mail, lectures, questions/answers

• Quiet, interruption free environments

• Even tempo vocal speed


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Thinking Mode Functions

Left Hemisphere

(Sequential)

• Language

• Math & numbers

• Logic & analysis

• Sequence & order

• Words of a song

Right Hemisphere

(Global)

• Imagination

• Possibilities & options

• Forms & patterns

• Visual & spatial

• Rhythm & music


Sequential

Organized

Logical

Accurate

Data

Analysis

Single tasks


Global

Big picture

Possibilities & options

Visionary

Broad goals

Multi-tasks


Integrated

Combination

Sequential

Global


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Thinking Mode Needs

Sequential Thinkers Need:

• Order and logic

• Processes and procedures

• Schedules and timetables

• Data and statistics

• Completing one task before beginning another

• Formal environments


Global Thinkers Need:

• Big picture and broad goals

• Possibilities and options

• General concepts and impressions

• Open ended projects

• Multi-tasking

• Informal environment

Thinking Style

Environments

• Sequential Tasks

– Quiet

– Formal furniture

– Cool temperature

– Bright light

– Intake during breaks

• Global Tasks

– Background sound

– Informal furniture

– Warm temperature

– Dim, adequate light

– Intake while working

Application 4b –


Refer to Tool #4 – Accelerating Learning

• Select something challenging you need to

learn or want to learn. Write it down.

• Think about and write down the WIIFM.

• Select strategies from multiple categories

representing your strongest modes.

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Accessing Creativity

• Whole brain receives up to 10,000 bits of information/second

• Conscious brain remembers and processes 40 bits/second

• 9,960 bits/second goes into unconscious/sub-conscious

• What you pay least attention to is your Creative Mode

• Use your Creative Mode to access stored information in your

unconscious



Auditory Visual Kinesthetic

Environment: Quiet Organized Comfortable

Interruption Free Attractive Move and Touch

Turn-Off: Visual: Close eyes Auditory: Silence Auditory: Silence

or or or

Kinesthetic: Be still Kinesthetic: Be still Visual: Close eyes

Activities: Talk aloud to self Draw, doodle Physical activities

Discussions Visual material Walking, traveling

Listening Photographs Sports, meals


Application 5:


1) Lateral Body Cross-overs

• Left hand to right knee

• Right hand to left knee

(Silently or With Music)


2) Listen Differently

• Eyes closed

• Hands silent or

doodling

BRAINMODE®power Application Tools

1. Leveraging Thinking Mode power

2. Creating Effective Environments

3. Improving Communication

4. Accelerating Learning

5. Accessing Creativity

Productivity

LearningCommunication

BRAIN MODE

power

Cornerstones


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BRAINMODE®power Team Profile

• The greater the diversity, the greater the potential

• Assets of all learning & thinking styles

• How to communicate with team members

• Tools to increase productivity

• How to assign tasks and projects


“In a world that is constantly changing,

there is no one subject that will serve

you for the foreseeable future, let

alone for the rest of your life. The

most important skill to acquire now is

learning how to learn.”

....John Naisbitt

In Closing …

Thank YouSharon Wingron, CPLP

Your PEOPLE Development Partner!

Wings of Success LLC

www.developPEOPLE.com636.451.4925

[email protected]