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To become an unconsciously competent facilitator, you first become conscious and then competent.<\/strong> As you progress and increase your abilities, you will note an evolution of competency, illustrated in the chart below. First, note that consciousness precedes competence. You do not achieve a consistent level of success until you have developed consciousness about what is required. Secondly, you will discover that the amount of time between each of the stages decreases as you make progress. Let\u2019s look at each of the stages and the aphorisms offered up by John Maxwell<\/a> that capture the sentiment of each stage.<\/h2>\n
\"Becoming<\/a>

The Four Stages of Consciousness, Becoming an Unconsciously Competent Facilitator<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

Unconsciously Incompetent<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Before you undertake a complex activity, you slumber through an area of unconscious incompetence. You may linger at this stage for decades. Look at the amount of time it takes to discover the difference between well-run and poorly-run meetings. In this stupor, you \u201cdo not know what you do not know.\u201d\u00a0You lack both knowledge and skills and are unaware of your incapacity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Consciously Incompetent<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Yet another stage remains before you\u00a0become competent. Here you\u00a0develop increased consciousness. During this stage, you\u00a0also develop aspirations and hopes. You\u00a0begin to envision yourself as competent and contributory. You may linger\u00a0in this state for a long time, depending on your determination to learn and the real extent to which you accept your incompetence. Most importantly, your consciousness enables you to observe and identify the characteristics of competency, typically in others, as you begin to \u201cknow what you don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Consciously Competent<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Cast into the role of facilitator, you find yourself slipping into and out of competency. You can increase the consistency of your competency by taking formal training, practicing, participating with others who aspire to be better, and obtaining valuable feedback. Developing competence occurs much quicker than developing consciousness. Practice, training, and feedback help because they increase your consciousness. You \u201cgrow and know and it starts to show.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Unconsciously Competent<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

With repetitive practice and experience, you reach a point where you no longer need to think about what you are doing. You become competent without the significant effort that characterizes the state of conscious competence. You will drift in and out of unconscious competence, based on the skills you master quickly. It takes little time to become unconsciously competent, only practice. Here your services are requested \u201cbecause of what you know.\u201d Eventually, you know that it feels right and you do it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Howell (1982) originally describes the four stages:<\/span><\/p>\n

“Unconscious incompetence – this is the stage where you are not even aware that you do not have a particular competence. Conscious incompetence – this is when you know that you want to learn how to do something but you are incompetent at doing it. Conscious competence – this is when you can achieve this particular task but you are very conscious about everything you do. Unconscious competence – this is when you finally master it and you do not even think about what you have such as when you have learned to ride a bike very successfully”<\/span>
\n— (Howell, 1982, p.29-33)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See also: Howell, W.S. (1982). The Empathic Communicator<\/a>\u00a0University of Minnesota:\u00a0Wadsworth Publishing\u00a0Company<\/span><\/p>\n

Remember, consciousness precedes competence, and superb competence does not take much time, but it does take practice. We hope you are getting your fair share of challenges and seize the opportunity for more practice and feedback. <\/span><\/p>\n

For a six-minute video presentation<\/a> on The Four Stages of Consciousness, turn here<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

______<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Don\u2019t ruin your career by hosting bad meetings<\/a>. Sign up for a workshop<\/a> or send this to someone who should. MGRUSH<\/span><\/a><\/em> workshops focus on meeting design and practice. Each person practices tools, methods, and activities daily during the week. Therefore, while some call this immersion, we call it the road to building high-value facilitation skills.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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