Following on from yesterday's tip, today we look at the third stage of learning, that of 'Conscious Competence'. This can typically feel like that you can perform the new skill/task/behaviour that you wanted to learn, but have to think about it and concentrate in order to do it. (It's like when you were learning to drive, Stage 3 would be knowing how to change gear etc, but you might have to concentrate hard, with no distractions like the radio and maybe having to look at the gear stick to check that you are in the correct gear). One important characteristic of this stage is that you can self-correct, that is, if you make a mistake you know what you have done, identify the likely cause and take corrective action. So today's tip builds on that of Day 19, where we introduced the idea of a learning log. You can get the most from each attempt at your new behaviour by taking the following steps:
Tip 23: Ask yourself four questions
- What did I do?
- What did I learn?
- What can I generalise from this experience that will help me in the future?
- What action will I take as a result?
These four questions also help to analyse the situation from four different learning styles (Activist, Reflector, Theorist, Pragmatist). For more on this look at the work of David Kolb. A good introduction can be found at
If you want to find out more about stages of learning a good place to start would be to look at Situational Leadership, the work of Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard who look at the four stages of learning in terms of Competence and Commitment. A good introduction can be found at:
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