Collaboration Essay Essay

Communication and Collaboration Strategy

Communicating and Collaborating Effectively within a Team
March 7, 2011

Abstract
The ability to communicate and collaborate effectively within a group setting of different learning styles and personality traits will result as a success.   Based on the results of Multiple Pathways to Learning Assessment, my highest learning intelligence is Verbal-Linguistic.   After the results of the Personality Spectrum Assessment, I learned my highest score resulted in the classification of Thinker.   Despite there were lower and secondary scores, this paper will highlight three learning styles and personality types and how I developed strategies for communicating and collaborating effectively in a group putting forth a Public Speaking Engagement for a Thyroid Cancer Fundraiser.   This paper will reflect the importance of different roles, tasks, skills, and abilities that deliver a message effectively in unison for an important cause.    

Communicating and Collaborating Effectively within a Team

When developing a team to work on a project or assignment, one must consider the different learning styles and personality traits that make up the group.   Each individual who makes up the team has her own interests, beliefs, values, culture, and concerns that make up their character.   Acquiring the ability to assess and identify their strengths and weaknesses along with skills and behaviors will facilitate the group’s decision for each individual’s contribution.   The result will reflect the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively the group’s vision as a success.  

After completing the assessments Pathways to Learning and Personality Spectrum, I can pinpoint my learning style, “defined as a set of characteristics which make learning effective for an individual” (Seckel, 2007).   My highest intelligence was Verbal-Linguistic and my highest personality trait was Thinker.   In developing a group to bring forth a successful...