AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Autobiography



Autobiography

This report concerns the general framework of my professional and personal leadership development. The details I will be presenting are what I consider to be in my current or future role for my clients, my team, my organization and my self. It is followed by the narratives of what I look like at my best with the understanding of my previous experiences. Then employ literature to review why those two Parts are important for leadership development. This report will reflect how I perform in current role with others and also the skills and strengths I have developed and discovered.

Kolb's Learning Model

The experiential learning theory of development is a fundamental part of Kolb's experiential learning theory (ELT). Although ELT deals with learning along the four modes (CE, RO, AC, and AE), it is a process whereby development occurs—particularly from the interaction between personal and social knowledge. In this theory, Kolb also states that the human developmental process is divided into three broad developmental stages: acquisition, specialization, and integration. In the acquisition stage, an individual embarks on acquiring the basic learning abilities and cognitive structures that lead toward a sense of self. Hence in this stage, one is registering, differentiating, and expanding one's sense of self. Formal higher education and career training influence the specialization stage. As this is an adaptive stage dealing with self-characteristics and environmental demands, one's learning style is the processing structure. In this stage, the self is content based and self-worth is measured against rewards and recognition. One is constantly interpreting, evaluating, and selecting information to suit one's talents and social needs. The third stage, integration, is marked by existential conflicts between specialization (imposed from society) and integration of oneself as a whole being. Kolb states that with this awareness, one would experience a shift in the frame of reference used to experience life, evaluate activities, and make choices to shape one's experience rather than observing and accepting experiences as they happen. Clearly during this stage, one is constantly integrating and carrying forward the flow of one's experience, centering one's purpose and focusing one's attention toward holistic development. Hence this stage focuses on the unique capabilities of the whole person—creativity, wisdom, and integrity.

As one constantly engages with the environment using the four modes, Kolb argues that integrating the diverse learning styles would result in achieving a higher level of skill in learning. Particularly when one combines learning styles that incorporate dialectically related modes (e.g., diverging and assimilating incorporating CE and AC), one will achieve a specific related higher level of learning complexity. Kolb describes four learning complexities (sometimes referred to as developmental dimensions) that could be achieved. As one begins this process, a lower level of learning complexity is possible (through interaction during the specialization stage). As one develops a better sense of self-awareness across diverse interactions, one would achieve a higher level of this learning complexity (through selection during the integration stage).

Relevant Work Experience

I worked as Secretary at an educational establishment- 1998 -2000

I worked as Personal ...