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John Meddings – Developing Yourself and Others Unit: 8600-311
My name is John Meddings I work for Braintree District Council within the Licensing Team. The main purpose of the team is to administer, issue and enforce licences, permits and consents. My role as the Principle Licensing Officer involves being the Council’s technical expert in the field of licensing and overseeing the functions of the Licensing Team. I am also heavily involved in the coaching, mentoring and development of junior staff.
KNOW HOW TO IDENTIFY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS
Use a recognised technique to identify the learning style(s) of yourself and another member of the team.
The technique I used to identify the learning style of myself and colleague was the Honey and Mumford to technique. By answering a number of questions and working out a simple calculation of the results, you can identify the preferred learning style and read a general description which should relate to my character and personality. Based on my own results, I show a strong preference to Activist and Pragmatist. Specific phrases within the description of my styles were the words such as “keen to try out new ideas”, “gets straight to the point in discussions” and “prefers short written reports”. Taking into consideration the description of a pragmatist/activist learner, I feel this is a good match of my character, as I thrive on the challenge of new experiences and am practical, down to earth person who likes making practical decisions and solving problems.
I also completed the VAK learning style model. This model suggests that most people can be divided into one of three preferred styles of learning, Visual, Auditory and Kinaesthetic. This involved answering questions on how she would respond to different situations from a selection of options. For example, how I would give directions to a tourist such as drawing a map, writing directions down or verbally communicating directions. This identified different categories of
My name is John Meddings I work for Braintree District Council within the Licensing Team. The main purpose of the team is to administer, issue and enforce licences, permits and consents. My role as the Principle Licensing Officer involves being the Council’s technical expert in the field of licensing and overseeing the functions of the Licensing Team. I am also heavily involved in the coaching, mentoring and development of junior staff.
KNOW HOW TO IDENTIFY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS
Use a recognised technique to identify the learning style(s) of yourself and another member of the team.
The technique I used to identify the learning style of myself and colleague was the Honey and Mumford to technique. By answering a number of questions and working out a simple calculation of the results, you can identify the preferred learning style and read a general description which should relate to my character and personality. Based on my own results, I show a strong preference to Activist and Pragmatist. Specific phrases within the description of my styles were the words such as “keen to try out new ideas”, “gets straight to the point in discussions” and “prefers short written reports”. Taking into consideration the description of a pragmatist/activist learner, I feel this is a good match of my character, as I thrive on the challenge of new experiences and am practical, down to earth person who likes making practical decisions and solving problems.
I also completed the VAK learning style model. This model suggests that most people can be divided into one of three preferred styles of learning, Visual, Auditory and Kinaesthetic. This involved answering questions on how she would respond to different situations from a selection of options. For example, how I would give directions to a tourist such as drawing a map, writing directions down or verbally communicating directions. This identified different categories of