We had to complete an online questionnaire for the Herman Brain Dominance Index (HBDI) a week before the Academy started and this was necessary for the results to be processed and interpreted.
The humor actually lasted throughout the day while Ann de Boer demonstrated the different quadrants doings! This was great fun as we played a blue, green, red and yellow card game in an attempt to analyse and learn about ourselves and the characteristics that we think we have.
I have attended a HBDI profiling workshop previously and was waiting in anticipation to what the result of this questionnaire will be in relation to the previous results. What a surprise! the results were very much still the same, but with differences as well. I was still green dominant (still planning, organising - very administrative) and very close to that was the red (emotion) and yellow (creative) quadrant. It was interesting to see how high I actually came out in green when under pressure). I always say, the more the pressure the better the performance - that’s me!
From my previous experience I could honestly say that I have learnt quite an amount of different learning styles, different approaches and what it is that makes each individual 'tick' and their profile is what make each person so unique in their behaviour. The repetition of this exercise just emphasized the fact of each person's individuality and how each person needs to be approached on their own merit. In training the students it is of great importance to realise and remember that each have a different learning style. Important to realise that thinking preference impact on everything we do, be the way we communicate, solve a problem and many more .... HBDI
After the personal profiling, we as team had to do a group profile in order to assist us in our teamwork approach - indicating our interaction with each other. A rather loooong day - but we all had so much FUN!
I was part of this super team!
Zuki Maya - Phindile Bekwa - Abram Maboya - me Susan - Cynthia Molepo
On Saturday 19 March I visited home and compared the two profiles - my blue profile has improved since 2006 with the first profile.
