Mental Wealth 1: Academic and Digital Proficiency

This document discusses the importance of reflective practice and self-evaluation in improving academic and digital proficiency. It explores the benefits of strength assessment reports and provides a development plan for enhancing decision-making, presentation building, and designing skills.

Mental Wealth 1: Academic
and Digital Proficiency

TABLE OF CONTENT
REFLECTIVE REPORT ................................................................................................................1
Reflection on strength assessment report ....................................................................................1
Development objectives ..............................................................................................................2
DEVELOPMENT PLAN ................................................................................................................2
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................8

REFLECTIVE REPORT
Reflection on strength assessment report
Reflective practice is defined as the approach to learn from the past experience and
actions so that valuable findings can be used to improve the future actions (Erickson, 2018). In
the presentation and group working I came to learn a vast range of skills from others as well as
through self evaluation. For instance the participation taught me various skills such as technical
skills, team work, communication, problems solving and designing skills. At the same time it
also made me realize that I must evaluate outcomes of strength assessment for achieving my
future goals.
For the professional development it is required for an individual to have complete
awareness about their strengths and weakness (Sweet, 2019). The strength assessment report has
proven to be highly beneficial for me as it helped me to gain insight of self evaluation. Working
in group has been a great experience for me as I was expected to collaborate with other team
members and to demonstrate my presentation skills. During group task and presentation I was
quite nervous. Though I was being able to manage all resources and team members effectively
but when it came to public speaking I used to become quite nervous. However when I evaluated
the results of strength assessment report I was quite surprised that certain skills are my strength
which I never used to realise. For instance I have not been good designer, however while
working in excel and power point I realised that I am compatible with other team members.
My technical skills were good enough. Thus self assessment has provided me a better
clarity of my strength and drawbacks so that I can improve them for future growth. In my
opinion one of the most beneficial aspect of results is that it gave me valuable clarity of variety
of skills in accordance with my current role. For instance since I am not much efficient in
designing and adaptability skills I always avoid any efforts to improve them. However through
the assessment I came to know that it is one of my underdeveloped skill which I must develop
for my growth.
Contrary to this there were several skills which I was paying much attention but they are
classified as untapped strengths of mine. For instance since I am weak in designing I was paying
much improvement to creativity and innovation skills along with project management skills and
working in uncertainty. However now as I have known that these are not much significant for my
existing role I can shift my efforts and time to other weakness area. When I was working in
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group there were instances when it was hard for me to agree with the opinion of others. At that
time I thought that it is very difficult to work with others and to manage people. However then I
thought that for working effectively in teams it is mandatory to understand each other's
perspective and to work together in same direction.
I also believe that team work cannot achieve successful outcomes if members are not
aware of each other's strengths and weakness. For instance while we were planning I was
assigned task to design the presentation. However when I informed the other members about my
weakness then they understood it and gave me technical activities in which I am good. As a
result of clarity of own skills I was successful in performing well in the team. In my opinion one
cannot achieve success and growth in the professional context if they does not emphasis on their
weakness and take necessary initiatives to improve them. As now I am aware of my weakness I
can make efforts to improve them and to promote my development. While working on power
point I was also quite nervous that if I will have to give presentation then how I will do that. I
used to be less confident when it comes to public speaking. Though in the team I never felt
hesitation or fear in making any kind of discussion with my team members.
The outcomes of the strength assessment report will also help me for my future. In future
when I will work in different settings then I can recognise my necessary skills which suits that
role. On the basis of evaluation I can make appropriate judgement.
Development objectives
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
There are certain skills or weakness which I must improve and focus upon for continuous
growth and professional development. The improvement plan for three such skills is as follows:
SMART OBJECTIVE 1:
My first objective is to enhance my decision making abilities so that I can use consistent
approach leading to productive decisions and avoiding thinking errors and decision traps.
MEASUREMENT OF GOAL ACHIEVEMENT
For evaluating the achievement of my goals I can evaluate the quality of decisions taken by
me. It can be done by either feedback, consequences of decisions or through analysis of
quality of decision. I can also participate in the various quizzes which measures the decision
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making skills.
Planned activities for
objective
Completion Date Required resources for
completion of activities
Reflective practice: I must
always recall my experience
and learning from them. It
will help me to avoid
mistakes and to take proper
decisions.
January 5, 2020 Reflective journals to
understand and apply
reflective practices
Research and improved
interaction with others:
Before making any decisions I
will try to gain as much as
possible insight of the subject.
It will help me to gain
knowledge of both positive
and negative outcomes of
decision (Ziedonis and Ahn,
2019). For this purpose I can
also communicate with others.
January 15, 2020 Internet, books and other
sources which enhances the
research and knowledge
capabilities (Ma, Xin and
Du, 2018).
Benefit analysis and future
perspective: To enhance the
decision making ability I will
try to analyse the future
consequences of decisions.
For this I can also evaluate the
possible advantages,
significance and
implementation perspective of
decisions. It will help me to
January 27, 2020 Vast range of resources so
that comparative analysis can
be performed, diverse range
of case studies so that
comparative analysis can be
understand.
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choose decisions which are
more impact-full and
beneficial with minimum risk
factors (Cheney, 2016).
SMART OBJECTIVE 2:
My second objective is to enhance my presentation building skills.
MEASUREMENT OF GOAL ACHIEVEMENT
The objective can be measured by analysing the engagement of audience and on the quality
delivery of presentation. The feedback from audience can play an important measurement for
this skill.
Planned activities for
objective
Date Required resources for
completion of activities
Practice: The public speaking
is one of the challenge or fear
which affect my presentation
skill. Thus I will try to engage
myself among people more
frequently. I can participate in
group discussions, debates
and other events which give
me opportunity to speak in
public. It will make me
habitual to face the audience
and I will be able to
successfully deliver the
content to audience (Yielder
and Moir, 2016).
February 2, 2020 Events providing platform to
speak in front of audience,
group discussion forums
Controlling the February 10, 2020 Presentation room, projector
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environment:
For improving the skill I must
practice in presentation room.
It will make me more
comfortable with the actual
presentation situation. I can
also develop my own set up
for practising.
Knowledge and stress
management: The lack of
organized and quality content
is one of the reason which
makes me nervous and
stressful during presentation.
Thus for achieving objective I
will organize the presentation
content in systematic manner.
This will build confidence in
me and I will not become
stressful during presentation.
February 15, 2020 Adequate sources for
providing content
SMART OBJECTIVE 3
To bring further improvements in my designing skills so that this underdeveloped skill can be
explored fully for my professional growth.
MEASUREMENT OF GOAL ACHIEVEMENT
The improvement in this skill can be measured by comparing it previous works and by taking
response from other team members or professionals.
Planned activities for
objective
Date Required resources for
completion of activities
Study design theories: The February 25, 2020 Internet, books, professional
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study will assist me in gaining
better knowledge of design
methods and trends (Eddy,
Eddy and Doughty, 2015). It
will also provide me some
great ideas to accurately
transform my idea and
creativity into productive
design.
training
Learning from other greater
designs: This is the best way
to enhance the design skill.
When I will observe and
analyse the design of other
designers then I will get new
creative idea and methods to
make more attractive and
efficient designs. The
discussion with other people
on the designs is also helpful
for me to enhance my
knowledge of designing
principles.
March 10, 2020 Internet sources, work piece
or designs of others.
Engagement with design
communities: The active
participation and involvement
with design community will
be highly beneficial for me
(Howes and et.al., 2017) . By
such participation I can get
March 21, 2020 Internet, designing tools and
community platforms.
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opportunity to practice on a
competitive platform as well
as to experiment with design
approaches.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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Howes, C.S. and et.al., 2017, October. Delivering Better Business Outcomes with Soft Skills.
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Ma, N., Xin, S. and Du, J.Y., 2018. A peer coaching-based professional development approach
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Sweet, L., 2019. Using a learning and skill acquisition plan to develop a learner's knowledge,
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Yielder, J. and Moir, F., 2016. Assessing the development of medical students’ personal and
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Ziedonis, D. and Ahn, M.S., 2019. Professional Development for Clinical Faculty in Academia:
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