Personal and Professional Development: Reflective Statement and Action Plan

This report discusses personal and professional development through a reflective statement on group presentation performance and an action plan for improvement. It explores areas such as communication skills, conflict management, and organizing and planning skills. The report emphasizes the importance of teamwork, collaboration, and self-motivation in achieving success. It also highlights the need for developing skills in communication, conflict management, organizing and planning, and decision-making. The action plan outlines specific steps and timeframes for improving these skills.

Basic Interview

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Reflective statement over self performance in the group presentation..................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
Elaborate on the areas (academic and professional) that you need to develop further..........5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
Developing an action plan for personal and professional development.................................6
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Preparing for success is a self development activity in which an individual nurture
respective skills either to perform better academically or to move upwards in career and
professional position (Vincent and Maxwell, 2016). Personal and professional development is
must in a life span of a person rendering them to perform better and move further in their career
receive personal satisfaction as well. Current report holds a reflective summary over self
performance in the group task in which a marketing presentation is presented in class as
assignment. Moreover, a Personal development plan is created for improving the lacking skills
and competences.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Reflective statement over self performance in the group presentation.
A presentation is team task in which respective members have their specific jobs to
perform in order to make the presentation with all evidenced based information and data in order
to render the correct knowledge to the listeners. This is a reflective statement over my
performance in the team task of developing and presenting a presentation in class amongst others
and in front of the professor. I was the speaker of the team and holds the responsibility of
speaking and addressing the audience with the finds and information gathered on our respective
topic or subject area.
In the group we all were five member including me where two of us were gathering all
the data and conducting research. One member of the team was analysing the informing and
sorting it for finding and rendering the most relevant evidenced based information. One of our
fellow student and team member was compiling all the data gathered and developing a attractive
and informative presentation. And lastly I, was responsible for preparing for the presentation as I
was the speaker of the group. I voluntarily with my will opt for being the speaker and presenting
the presentation in front of the class.
In our team all of us were working together and collaboratively, everyone took initiative
for the assignment and for making the presentation best from other groups in the class. I have
learnt numerous lessons and learning with this project and specially while working in the team as
one of the member. From the group activity first and foremost learning which is got was the

importance of team work and collaboration in activities we perform. Every group turns to be
effective team when the goals are achieved in time and the ultimate objectives is contributed
through it. Moreover, self-motivation also plays vital role in rendering the best performance in
accordance to my analysis and learning.
Moving further, there were few interesting aspects also attached with this group activity
which is understood and which I think is important to for me to practice in future as well in other
assignments with same of new team mates. This new interesting aspect is getting to know each
other and learn from skills and experiences of others. It is very effectual that once team members
are effectively communicating with one another and working together it is very beneficial that
we all are learning something new form each other. I have received an understanding that in
future if I am working in a team that means I will be getting to learn new knowledge and develop
better understandings about respective areas in which is lack information or I should develop
further abilities to grasp and match with others in order to be competitive.
How might you use the new information?
Form the presentation and the group activity I have developed numerous new skills and
information. These are helpful for me in my present as well as future at professional level which
will make me employable. The first knowledge which is receive is of keeping the descriptive
speech small which will keep the audience engaged in the presentation and do not bore them and
make them lose connection and attentions. There were other things as well which confused me
and which made me bit nervous at the time of presenting the information in the class. My other
fellow classmates specially those who were sitting at back were very distracted and were
interacting with one another rather then listening to me. One reason behind was my speech being
very descriptive and detailed which made them bored. Also, I think at few moment I was lacking
behind and the slides were on auto play which caused chaos and renders litter understanding to
few students.
In future I have to make sure of some things which can help us a team and me on
personal level to be better from others. First and foremost is I have to talk on point and clear
while presenting the presentation removing all extra information which is diverting the
concentration of audience form the topic. Also, our team lack coordination which resulted in
long breaks in slides where it did not required and sometimes slides on the screen and what is
was speaking over were two different aspects.

Although, the whole experience of mine of working on this assignment with the whole
team of my classmates was very informative and beneficial for me and all the other members of
the team as we all worked together and learnt from each others experiences and abilities. Still
there are some respective areas in which I lack and which is very important and essential for me
to develop for my future growth and success.
TASK 2
Elaborate on the areas (academic and professional) that you need to develop further.
Team working is not a simple task to perform and to dealt with it required several skills,
competencies and abilities to be practised and developed by the individuals while working
together with one another as a group and for attaining a common goal (Helbing and et. al., 2019)
. From the above discussion and evaluation in the reflective statement numerous academic and
professional areas are identified which required further development and skill enhancement. All
those areas are identified and elaborated below in the section:
 Communication Skills- Upfront is communication skills, that is the power of interacting
with one another and making people understand the viewpoints by properly sharing
information with clarity. Effective communication result in better understanding amongst
team members and completing task in time. Effectively communication also helps people
to develop relationships with one another that is useful in brining collaboration and
cooperation in teams and all respective tasks performed.
 Conflict Management Ability- The next area which needs to be developed further in
order to keep the team running properly and efficiently is conflicts management and
problem-solving. All the units in the team have to work together keeping their personal
agendas aside or aligning them with the common goal of the group. In case of conflicts
and effective relationships and communication will enable people to work together by
understanding each others perspectives and view points (Howe and Lisi, 2018).
 Organising and Planning Skills- In order to work properly every team have to first
develop plans and organise activities in accordance with the skills and abilities of team
members. Planning and organising includes developing aims, assigning tasks and
allocating resources. This is the area which needs to be improved and better plans and
organising of team tasks have to be developed in order to make sure the efficiency and

productivity of work that is being performed in relation with the ultimate target of the
group.
 Decision-Making Skills- The last skill that needs improvement and evolution is of
decision making skills. It is an ability to make the most efficient and beneficial decisions
when required. Also, it is decision making abilities enables the individuals and the team
member to take rapid decisions in emergency situations which are profitable and
appropriate according to the scenario (Burden, 2020).
These are the couple of skills and areas which are needed to be developed and improved
if already exist in order to attain the objectives of team and personal in either academic or
professional setting. In order to elaborated on the development process a action plan is developed
below in the next section of the report.
TASK 3
Developing an action plan for personal and professional development.
Priority Skills Current
Ability
Target
Ability
Development
Opportunity
Criteria to
Judge
Success
Time
Frame
1st Priority Organising
and
Planning
Skills
At present
my
organising
and
planning
skills are
lacking
and are
not
appropriat
e enough
according
to the
In order to
enhance
and
develop
organising
and
planning
skills I
have the
target to
make
better
judgement
For
developing
and
enhancing
organising
and planning
abilities the
opportunities
available for
me the
academic
journals and
publications
In order to
gain
knowledge
about my
success
and
improveme
nt in skills
I will be
asking my
professors
for their
judgement
For me to
develop
better
organising
and
planning
skill I will
be needing
4 to 6
months of
time period
(Noe and
Kodwani,

requireme
nt.
Organisin
g and
planning
skill needs
to be
developed
further for
better
performan
ce and
outcomes.
in future
about my
abilities
and
accordingl
y I will be
opting for
responsibi
lities in
the team
while
operating
together
(Häkkinen
and et. al.,
2017).
provided by
experts which
are easily
accessible
through
internet and
in physical
forms as well.
and
analysis to
be
conducted
for the
same and
render a
potential
feedback
for future
developme
nt if I still
need
changes to
be done.
2018).
2nd
Priority
Communic
ation
Skills
Currently
in
accordanc
e to my
performan
ce in class
while
presenting
the
presentati
on my
communic
ation skill
is average
but I need
The target
to be
achieved
by better
and more
enhanced
communic
ation
skills is
that in
later
stages of
academic
or
profession
For
developing
more
effective
communicati
on and
conversationa
l abilities as
an individual
or a team
member the
opportunity
present is the
potential
training and
The
judgement
criteria in
relation
with
improved
communica
tion skills
will be the
feedback
from my
fellow
class mates
and also
my
In case of
improving
communic
ation skills
I will be
needing 3
months
minimum
and 6
months at
max
(Durden,
Dooley and
Truscott,
2016).

to
improve it
and boost
the
developm
ent
process.
al lives
my
audience
do not get
bored and
distracted
while I
am
presenting
a
presentati
on in front
of number
of people.
development
programmes
offered by
third parties
specifically
for the
singular
purpose of
making
people learn
about the
importance of
effective
communicati
on and
improvising
their existing
skills
(Tatham and
Christopher,
2018).
professors.
3rd
Priority
Conflict
Manageme
nt Ability
The third
most
essential
competen
cy which
is
important
for
academic
and
The target
ability of
conflict
managem
ent will be
judged
over the
efficiency
I hold to
resolve
The
development
opportunity
for conflict
management
that exist for
me is the
seminars
conducted by
experts either
I will be
judging my
own ability
in relation
to my
conflict
manageme
nt skills.
As this is a
new skill
which I
will be
developing
therefore, I
at-least
need 6 to 8
months for
the same.

profession
al purpose
is of
conflict
managem
ent in
which I
lack as I
do not
hold any
knowledg
e or power
for the
same and
I need to
conduct
in-depth
practices
(Douglas,
2019).
conflicts
if arises
any while
I am
working
in a team
and my
view
points are
not
matching
with other
members
and my
fellow
team
mates.
through
virtual
sources or by
visiting in
physical
classes.
CONCLUSION
The above report is developed upon personal and professional development of an
individual concluding that it is the essential process for the academic and employability
purposes. In the report a reflective statement is presented upon a group activity stating the
experience and learning through it. Also, there are some skills which are lacking and needs to be
developed and improvised if already existing such as communication skills, conflict management
and others. At the end of the report a Personal Development Plan (PDP) is constructed as an
action plan for how to improve and improvise in respective areas as appropriate measures are
suggested.

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