Reflective Essay on Communication and Negotiation Skills using Gibbs Reflective Cycle

This reflective essay uses Gibbs reflective cycle to explore the author's experience with communication and negotiation skills in the workplace. It discusses the importance of effective communication and negotiation skills, and how they impact employees in the organization.

Reflective essay using Gibbs
reflective cycle about
communication and
negotiation skills in our own
experience in workplace

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
UNDERSTANDING OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS........................................3
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF EFFECTIVE NEGOTIATION AND
INFLUENCING SKILLS................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Communication skill effective be one of the most favourable out of which one might seriously
get to incorporate the standards that are necessary for education as well as the working career.
The communication skills will have to be persuade in an instance such that the ideas as well as
the thoughts that are in regard to organisation can therefore be communicated over a consistent
basis (Adeani and et.al, 2020). There are several behaviours that are engrossed in the
organisation and in order to go with an intention to fulfil the dreams that are oriented with carrier
it is always necessary to involve factors like that of listening speaking observing and
empathising. This entire report will portray upon the reflection towards Gibbs reflective model
that is mostly towards communication skills. It will also explain how far these would eventually
impact employees in the organisation.
UNDERSTANDING OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS
I have been oriented with several stages of a communication problems with respect to the
workplace. I was not sure about the things that were happening around because it is only due to
lack of communication which is to be fostered at regular intervals of time. I have been working
in a warehouse where there are certain amenities that will have to be communicated over a
regular basis that that the work can be continued over a structural criteria. While examining the
experiences that are pertaining with respect to workplace I have learnt that communication is one
of the important prospect with which one's feelings and attributes can be evaluated properly.
While considering this as one of the clinical models of reflection it can be stated over with the
identification of Gibbs reflective cycle (Sekarwinahyu and et.al, 2019). The Gibbs reflective
cycle is a perfect reflection model that can put our circumstances within which one can easily
understand the criteria of every situation.
Description: my experience that is put forth with respect to the interaction that is to be garnered
with respect to the management and the customers seemed to be one of the toughest scenario that
will have to be accomplished. This is because on a day-to-day basis I will have to deal with
several clients of the warehouse and I need to put upon situations where I have to convey the
exact set of formulations to customers which can only be enhanced over proper training and
development programs. I have not properly initiated over my things like that of understanding
the product and the formulations that are put forth by the management. Based on this I have
several experiences where I negotiated in order to evaluate the product criteria to the businesses

as well as customers since the warehouse is mostly oriented with B2B and b2c criteria (Ibrahima
and et.al). Also the communication seem to be one of the lacking policy that I will have to stress
upon and this will obviously bring forth the necessary requirement that will have to be initiated.
My experiences with respect to the organisation seem to be one of the typical scenarios where I
started developing communication with my fellow employees and also was in a state of getting
habituated to the fact of not letting people decide what I would eventually have to do.
Feelings: a wide range of feeling started developing in the midst of my thought process where I
was landed into dealing with situations of sorrow and also confused state of mind that I have to
eventually cope up with. This has also reminded me about things that I will have to learn because
the feeling of not being able to tackle the set of formulations in the organisation made a prospect
of guilt in my state of mind which has affected my work policies. I was not able to get ahead
with the feeling that nobody would eventually understand what I am feeling and therefore that
has brought about a barrier with respect to the work processes that I am handling. Since I will
have to develop the catalogue criteria in the warehouse and also have to deal with the set of
Orders that are approaching and I was initially not in a state of mind to enhance over my
situation with the feeling of being not able to communicate with others on a proper basis
(Markkanen and et.al, 2020). This is one of the scenario that every employee eventually face
upon lack of proper communication and this I have identified to be one of the potential format
that will have to be stressed upon eventually.
Evaluation: as a part of evaluation I could consider this as one of the good experience to Foster
upon my skills because it is not until when a certain situation is identified to be raised over that
one cannot eventually move ahead in terms of learning it. Therefore I have taken a chance to
communicate with others and also started initiating platforms of communication such that I can
learn things in a better orientation. For this I have also gone through tutorials that has helped me
a lot in terms of reaching results. Whether good or bad the experience would leave an impact
towards changing the entire scenario. All that I wanted was a positive orientation and that has
paved way for initiation towards the fact that I have learnt something new and that has helped me
to get over the guilt that I have been struggling with.
Analysis: I happen to go with an analysis of not getting into the state of mind that would entirely
diminished the opportunities that are in my way but I have possibly made the situation to come
into a sense where I have understood the importance of dealing with communication skills. This

sense has helped me to English at over my circumstances and I have also attend a good
reputation of the learning process. This has helped me to get through the career that I am into and
it also made sense to my understanding. Based on the things that are happening externally we
will not be able to decide over our opportunities. Therefore this is the only thing I have kept rate
in my mind and I have focused upon learning things in a better way such that they can paved
way for a new and an enthusiastic pattern that I will have to evaluate.
Conclusion: it can even to be concluded upon considering several factors like the importance of
communication skills and fostering of different training and development programs that are to be
initiated (Hussein, 2018). The first and foremost thing every individual will have to do according
to my perception is to understand the need of situation and the importance of communication that
will have to be picturised. This will give rise to every option that will have to be taken care about
and it can also produce results that are flourishing. One might seriously not be able to deal with
the extravagance of every situation unless and until it is differently put forth.
Action Plan: as a part of action plan, I have initiated several circumstances and prepared my own
time table where I can get through different knowledge Criterion and can also work over my
weakness. It is first necessary to initiate upon the internal factors rather than focusing upon the
external factors because what just happens inside will portray over the opportunities that are
happening outside (Liu and et.al). Therefore, according to my policy in order to attain something
it will therefore have to start from within and therefore I will put a burning process and a certain
time period that can help me to enhance our situations. I would first prepare a process that will
help me to get over the needs that are required for the organisation from my and such that I can
get valued easily. For this I have to go through several changes like that of the general policies
and day-to-day routine that would highlight my opinion and my thought processes.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF EFFECTIVE NEGOTIATION
AND INFLUENCING SKILLS
There are definite set of negotiations that are put forth with respect to the influencing skills that
are to be portrayed in a workplace. There are several predetermined objective that will have to be
achieved as a part of workplace ethics and this requires several skills that are to be initiated. In
my regard negotiations and influencing criteria are the most underrated factors of any employee
related situation (Ezezika and Johnston, 2022). The scenario that are put forth in developing
skills and also the situation that are to be constructed over choices are to be assertive such that

the negotiations and listening skills will therefore be rendered. As a part of workplace policies I
have negotiated over my skills of not being able to communicate with the proper subjective on
the matters of interaction in the prisoners. This has left me into the situations where I will have to
cope up with several negotiations of how far people are thinking about the attribute to which I
have not been able to achieve. There are various choices that are falling independence and also
the negotiations that are of an influence over the growth and embellished factors which are
brought forth on a quick basis. The business when in case of trouble will therefore have to
negotiate over the policies of a training and development and in this regard I have come to a
point where I will probably have to endure every situation that is related to employees (Yaacob
and Asraf, 2021). On a day-to-day scenario I have also started aiming towards training policy is
where I have created a win-win situation to make sure that I have learnt something based on the
behaviours that are identified. This is also one of the policy of assertive negotiation that is
portrait over the circumstances that are mostly highlighted with respect to the listening skills.
And impact of influencing various work situations is also brought forth with finest results that
are attained by the objectives which are also the positive attitudes for business. This is going to
win negotiations are often my way of dealing with the situations because there are certain
difficulties that I have faced with respect to not being able to communicate and that has the
brought forth and influence over my state of behaviour. It is also necessary to take note of every
training process while dealing with the essential component call communication. It is the done
through identifying the factors of nonverbal cues that will fall in regard to the organisational
upliftment (Snowdon, 2018). The techniques that are also included in terms of improving over
the negotiation skills are many and I have approached several preparatory mechanism in order to
make sure that I approached them. And awareness towards the fact of distinguishing between the
engagement of customers and the requirement has brought forth a resilience towards the good
soft skill that I will have to imbibe and this has brought about effective communication into
existence. I have worked upon my negotiation skills and influencing criteria where I started
engaging with the probable stakeholders and also the customers that are the effective part of the
organisation. While dealing with the warehouse criteria it is always essential to stick to the
principles that that an awareness with respect to the distinguishing factors can therefore be sent.
It is also one of the unique personifications while negotiating over the flexible choices that I have
made a tendency and that has brought forth every influential policy into existence (Sweet and

et.al, 2019). Regardless of whatever criteria that I have been into the negotiation skills always
were identifiable and are nonverbal cues that I started approaching and also deriving the
situations. These employee related situations are necessary to be harnessed because in order to
develop and implement sophisticated workspace for the atmosphere I decided to cope up with the
policies of negotiation skills and influencing skills in a rapid pace at that a high interaction can
therefore be garnered.
CONCLUSION
The report concludes upon bringing about a variability towards the reflective model over
communication skill. It will also highlight the influencing factors that are portrayed over the
interactions and activities which are assessed. Several practical examples that would eventually
demonstrate the understanding of communication skills and how far this will affect employees is
being demonstrated. Also, an understanding towards improving and influencing the skills with
encouragement towards team members and engagement is also brought forth on a collective
basis.

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