Professional Development Challenges and Skills Development

ASSESSMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Apprentice Challenge..................................................................................................................3
Presentation Challenge................................................................................................................4
T-Shirt Challenge........................................................................................................................5
ANALYSIS OF EACH CHALLENGE FROM A BUSINESS ANGLE AND KNOWLEDGE
GAINED FROM ABOUT HOW BUSINESSES ACTUALLY WORK........................................5
Branding......................................................................................................................................5
Finance........................................................................................................................................6
Operations...................................................................................................................................6
Tuckman’s Theory on Teamwork...............................................................................................6
ACTION PLAN...............................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Professional development is the development and improvement in the skills in order to
meet their needs. It helps in improving the skills and knowledge of the individual so that
achievements can be made. The professional development helps in creating a vision for the
success and requires knowledge, skills and competencies to climb the ladder of success
(Argüello and Méndez, 2019). In order to develop the career, it is important to require the skills
so that planning and negotiation can be done and networks can be built. It also involves learning
from the experiences and understanding the oneself. This report shall cover the reflection of the
three challenges.
MAIN BODY
Apprentice Challenge
It is a challenge which is aimed to improve the communication skill and also inspire the
teams and groups to come up with the numerous ideas (Becker and Stone, 2020). When I was
pursuing my studies, I came up with this challenge in my college which is London School of
Science and Technology (LSST). While undergoing this challenge, I developed the following
skills-
 Communication skills- It is very important for the student to have this skill. As a
student, I have tried hard to develop this skill and this skill have helped me in making the
communication to my teams mates. This skill have helped me in completing this
challenge without any hurdle. While I was taking up the task, communication skills
helped me in delivering my information to all effectively so that there is clarity in the
work.
 Teamwork- As a student, according to me, team work is very important as it helps in
coordinating the task with others. This skills have helped me in dividing the pressure of
the challenge which ultimately helped me working effectively. At the initial stages of the
challenges, my team work skills were weak but while undergoing it, I successfully
developed this skill and worked with others with full cooperation and collaboration.
 Time Management skills- This skill is very important at the the stage of academics.
Time management skills have helped me in bringing discipline in my personal and