Gathering and Using Information provides you with insight into how you behave as you process the information that you deal with each day at work. Its five behavior areas are shown on the copy of the Personal Profile Summary Page at the right. After you have completed the work book, you will have insight into your own behavior patterns, the patterns of others, and the way you interact with them in the following five behavior areas.

1. The kind of things to which you pay attention in your perceptions,
   
   
2. How you use your perceptions and ideas to develop something new,
   
   
3. How you apply your perceptions and ideas to problems and issues,
   
   
4. How you determine what is true and construct new knowledge,
   
   
5. The social context in which you use your perceptions and ideas.

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Development Styles - insight into the fit between your personal development style and professional development experiences; guidelines for expanding your ability to benefit from professional development activities that do not match your "learning" style ... ...