Unlocking People

1. Unlocking People Secrets Of Communicating With Others

2. Gardner’s Seven Intelligences • Linguistic/Verbal (Word Smart) • Logical/Mathematical (Number Smart) • Visual/Spatial (Picture Smart) • Kinesthetic (Body Smart) • Musical/Rhythmic (Music Smart) • Interpersonal (People Smart) • Intrapersonal (Self Smart)

3. Linguistic/Verbal (Word Smart) • Thinks in words instead of pictures. • Highly developed auditory skills. • Plays with sounds in language. • Great story tellers, tall tales, and jokes. • Loves seeing, saying, and hearing words. • Likes to write. • Loves to read a lot. • Teachers, journalists, writers, lawyers, translators.

4. Logical/Mathematical (Number Smart) • Thinks conceptually. • Skilled in reasoning, logic and problem solving. • Explores patterns, categories, and relationships. • Questions and wonders about natural events. • Scientists, engineers, computer programmers, accountants.

5. Visual/Spatial (Picture Smart) • Thinks in images and pictures. • Employs visual arts and creativity from conceptual to actual. • Knows the location of everything.. • Fascination with machines and contraptions. • Artists, inventors, architects, engineers, mechanics.

6. Body/Kinesthetic (Body Smart) • Processes knowledge through body sensations. • Has a “gut feeling” about things. • Excellent motor (hand/eye) coordination. • Needs to move around. Opten labeled hyperactive. • Athletes, dancers, actors, mimes, clowns.

7. Musical/Rhythmic (Music Smart) • Thinks in sounds, rhythms and patterns. • Sings, hums, whistles to themselves. • Immediately responds to music. • Sensitive to environmental sounds: crickets, bells, street noise. • Strong opinions of others’ music. • Choirs, orchestra, bands, disc jockey, theater.

8. Interpersonal (People Smart) • Thinks by relating, co-operating, and communicating with others. • Leaders among peers. Street smart. Has many friends. • Strong ability to sense the feelings and intentions of others. • Understands people and mediates conflict. • Organizer, communicator, sometimes manipulative. • Counselors, business people, politicians.

9. Intrapersonal (Self Smart) • Skilled in inner focusing. Recognizes self strength and weaknesses. • Displays a strong personality. • Reflective and analytical. • Shies away from team activities. • Requires private space and time. • Self-employed, researchers, theorists, philosophers.

10. A Retail Situation • Linguistic (Word Smart): • Signs throughout the store. • Salespeople talking to customers. • Sales flyers.

11. A Retail Situation • Logical/Math (Number Smart): • Pricing signs. • Fabric type signs. • Washing instructions. • Fiber content.

12. A Retail Situation • Visual/Spatial (Picture Smart): • Center a table/chairs in the store. • Pattern books on the table. • Arranging the store according to colors and fabric types. • Examples of completed products using the fabrics.

13. A Retail Situation • Kinesthetic (Body Smart): • Fabric samples for the customer. • Easy navigation throughout the store.

14. A Retail Situation • Musical (Music Smart): • Soft music playing. • No radio stations.

15. A Retail Situation • Interpersonal (People Smart): • Manager available to interact with customers and sales staff. • Sales staff MI trained.

16. A Retail Situation • Intrapersonal (Self Smart): • Self service discount tables. • Garment samples. • Finished products. • Sales staff sensitive to people who want to be left alone. • Clue -- May I help you?

17. A Maquilador Situation • Linguistic (Word Smart) • Use written materials • Workers – Operations manuals • Customers – Brochures • Use spoken dialog to interact with people • Exchange ideas • Suggest improvements

18. A Maquilador Situation • Logical/Mathematical (Number Smart) • Use training manuals • Production schedules • Charts,graphs and tables • Organized conversation

19. A Maquilador Situation • Visual/Spatial(Picture Smart) • Images and pictures of processes/product. • Charts and graphs. • Usually not tables • Visual diagrams

20. A Maquilador Situation • Body/Kinesthetic(Body Smart) • Show and tell. • Hands-on demonstrations.

21. A Maquilador Situation • Musical(Music Smart) • Background music. • No radio stations.

22. A Maquilador Situation • Interpersonal (People Smart) • Develop a personal rapport. • Frequent personal communication. • Use these people to work with the intrapersonal employee.

23. A Maquilador Situation • Intrapersonal (Self Smart) • Draw them out with questions. • Show a strong interest in them as human beings. • Don’t put them in a large group. • Team them up with an interpersonal MI type.

24. Benefits Of Evaluating Learning Styles • Better communication with people. • Better knowledge of self and career choices. • Greater sales and profits. • Better planning. • Increased productivity. • Improved connections with people. • Enables one to set business goals. • Enables one to access and analyze information. • Easier to make changes in a dynamic work environment.

25. Suggested Practice • Practice identifying the learning styles of classmates through questions and observation. • Visit businesses • Identify practices that meet different learning styles. • Strengthen your less dominant learning styles.

26. Summary • Logical/Mathematical (Number Smart) • Interpersonal (People Smart) • Kinesthetic (Body Smart) • Musical/Rhythmic (Music Smart) • Intrapersonal (Self Smart) • Linguistic/Verbal (Word Smart) • Visual/Spatial (Picture Smart)