Personal and Professional Development

Personal and
Professional
Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Value Added Element..................................................................................................................5
Experiential Element....................................................................................................................7
Workshop Activities Evidence....................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Personal development of an individual consists of all the activities through which the
individual's awareness and identity is improved, talents, skills and potential is developed and
their employability is facilitated, quality of life is enhanced, with the activities contributing to
their realisation of their end goals, objectives and dreams. On the other hand, professional
development is the process through which an individual learns to maintain or earn professional
credentials through dedicated set of professional activities such as academic degrees or formal
coursework or conferences or practising informal opportunities (Kroll and Dussias, 2017). For
the growth of an individual, both personal and professional development of their skills, talent,
knowledge base and potential is of immense importance as it helps them further grow and
develop into a better personal and professional in their lives. The following personal reflection
chooses personal quality of communication skills as these are my key strength and explores this
personal quality in depth.
MAIN BODY
I feel that the most significant personal quality that has emerged from me undertaking the
various modules and workshops relates to my communication skills which in my own opinion
are one of my personal and professional strengths. In my opinion, my communication skills are
one of my most significant strengths as they have allowed me to effectively be able to complete
the various modules and workshops which required competent and adequate communication
skills for their completion. Communication is the act of transferring and receiving relevant
information from various singular or multiple sources. Communication can be facilitated through
verbal, written, non verbal or visual means (Christie and et.al., 2018). In my view,
communication skills are amongst the most important and widely used and applicable personal
skills that are of immense importance towards my personal and professional growth and
development. Communication skills consist of all skills which are used by an individual in order
to communicate effectively with others.
Communication skills are amongst one of my personal strengths as these allow for me to
effectively express and share my views, ideas, opinions, beliefs, knowledge and relevant
information with others in an effective and efficient manner in order to get the other person or
group to be able to easily and conveniently understand the inherent meaning of my messages.
My competent communications skills are most at display during happen stance events with