Personal and Professional Development: Reflective Journal on Task

Read this reflective journal on a task given to prepare a presentation on leadership styles. Gain insights on personal and professional growth, study and employability skills, and the use of reflective journaling.

Personal and professional
development
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Table of Contents
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Covered in PPT............................................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
Introduction..................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
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TASK 1
Covered in PPT
TASK 2
Introduction
Reflective journal is document in which all positive and negative things occurred during
event is classified. It is used to evaluate own performance and learning from it. thus here, journal
is written about a task given to prepare presentation.
Here, i realised that for my personal and professional growth there are several skills
which is required. But among them there are employability and study skills which is crucial in
it. this enable in attaining goals and objectives (Şahin, Sen, and Dinçer, 2019). However, i
found that i need to enhance my study as well as employability skills. It is because it will enable
me in becoming a good manager of a large MNC. I got this by taking feedback from other
people such as my colleagues, friends, relatives, etc. thus, in order to describe completion of my
task there are several models which is used in it, but it depends on individual that what model
is preferred. Thus i used gibbs model in it which is as follows
Description-
I got to know that I was given a task to prepare a presentation on leadership styles. So,
it was my task which I have to do. So, in this first of all I started planning things that what I
will do and when. Then, after it I organized things and developed a plan which was like
schedule. So, it gave me insight about what activity is to be carried out and when. So, I did not
feel nervous in it but I was excited. Here, I have to individually carry out task and complete
activity. So, as I was not having experience in it thus I took help of my mentor. He guided me
in proper way. Now, I started using internet to search about leadership style and theories.
Besides that, I watched some videos as well so that I get a clear idea about what I have to do
and how to use applications. Thus, it was useful for me as I was able to gain knowledge about
various types of ICT tools and how to apply it (Aspasia, and Penelope, 2016). also, I gain
insight that what type of info is available on these tools and how it can be used. then I created
notes for all these things so that it is helpful for me in future. Moreover, by following of
schedule I was able to proceed in right direction. however, I found that there are many ways of
how things are to done in making presentation.
Feelings
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Here, I realize that I was properly doing my work as I easily got info on internet about
different types of leadership styles. But I did not know that what info needs to be taken in
presentation. So, it affected my performance. so, for that I took help of my mentor and he
directed me. However, in middle I faced some issue as I got late in finishing my work. Due to
that I was not able to manage time. Here, mentor gave me clarity by showing that priority task
needs to be completed first if this issue occurs in future (Apsari, 2018). Thus, with help of it I
was able to manage work in time. I put all info in bullet points in presentation and also inserted
some images. I did this in order to make presentation attractive. But I felt I lack time
management skills which in future can impact on my professional growth. It also impacted on
my confidence level and morale. Thus I feel that if next time any situation occurs then I will
work in team so that I am able to complete my work in time. Besides that I must improve my
team working skills so that I can adjust within any team and work accordingly. It will benefit
me in achieving my career goals. I will also get to know benefit of working in team. This will
also boost my morale and I will attain my goals easily.
Evaluation
Here, I evaluated that my performance was average . it was high than my expectation. In
this I gained knowledge about leadership styles (Coloma, 2019). My mentor showed me that
how to work in team and manage time to complete tasks. However, there were many good and
bad things I learned from it. here, i was able to communicate with my mentor regarding my
situation so I got to know about various types of communication. Sometimes I used e mail,
phone call, etc to interact with him. Furthermore, I evaluated that there is need for me to get
improve research skill so that in future I am able to do study. For that I need to start making
small research report. In this task I was able to do research and gather data but I analysed that I
need to learn a lot in it. this will help me in my career.
But on contrary, I found that negative was that I was not able to manage my task in time. due to
this I did not finish it on time. along with it, there was delay in making of presentation. so, I felt
that this was very time consuming for me. also, another is that I did not work in term with expert.
thus, it highly affected on my performance. besides that, I did not how to work in team and what
ways are applied in it. i was weak in some areas and strong in some. Thus, i need to enhance my
weak areas (Khan, 2020).
Conclusion
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Here, I conclude that by changing some things it would have been easy for me to
prepare presentation in effective way. Besides it would have not affected on my performance
and I did have done things in proper way. Now, I think that following schedule will always
make things easy and allow in finishing tasks. Therefore, I have decided that if in future I face
same situation again that I will be ready for it. I will do some preparation regarding it. thus i
will not waste any time in it. this will allow me to manage time and carrying out tasks. I will
make a plan and monitor my activities. For that I will take feedback from mentor and tutor.
They will help me to find out my mistake and guide me to do make changes. So, I will also take
suggestions from them regarding it. I need to work in team in different situation so that my
morale is build (Senin, 2019). So, with that my performance will not be hampered as well. apart
from that I summarized that I must form short and long term goals. This is because I think that
by accomplishing short term goals long can be easily achieved. hence, I need to set my target in
my future career.
I realize that I must enhance few skills so that I am able to handle any type of
challenge which I face. There is need to manage time in it so that I finish my task in deadline.
So, in free time I am able to read books, study etc and do things which I like. It will enable me
to balance my professional and personal life. So, in this way I can become a good person and
have a successful career.
Action plan
There is need to an action plan which will allow me to maintain my skills. Thus, for that
I need to develop a PDP which will allow me to improve my weak areas and skills. I found that I
am not able to solve problem. I get nervous whenever I face a problem. So, PDP will help me
to maintain my progress and with help of that I will be able to accomplish short and long term
goals in effective way. Along with that, I can make changes in my plan and include activities
which are important for me to enhance my skills. i will take action to analyse my performance
within particular time period. Through that I will be able to find out weak areas. So, on basis of
that I will develop PDP (Asyura, 2018). It will be highly useful for me to achieve my goals.
Thus, it will be helpful for me to improve my study as well as employability skills. now for
everything I need to develop an effective action plan by taking help of my mentor.
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CONCLUSION
It is concluded that a task was given to prepare presentation on leadership. So, I faced
certain issues in it and learned many things as well. thus, I found out my weak skills which I
need to improve with help of PDP. In this way I will enhance study skill in my professional
growth.
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REFERENCES
Books and journals
Apsari, Y., 2018. Reflective Reading Journal In Teaching Writing. Indonesian EFL
Journal, 4(2), pp.39-47.
Aspasia, D. and Penelope, M., 2016. Teachers’ use of Reflective Journal Writing Within a
Physical Education Professional Development Program. Journal of Teacher Education
and Educators, 5(3), pp.335-360.
Asyura, F., 2018, April. The Use of Reflective Journal Writing. In The First International
Conference On Teacher Training and Education 2018.
Coloma, R.O., Nursing Science I Scholarly Reflective Journal.
Khan, M., Replacement of traditional sketchbook reflective journal with reflective blogs to
improve the quality and maintenance of the reflective process.
Şahin, F., Sen, M. and Dinçer, Ç., 2019. Early childhood preservice teachers’ experiences with
reflective journal writing|[Okul öncesi öğretmen adaylarının yansıtıcı günlük yazma
deneyimleri].
Senin, A., 2019. Reflective Journal–Internship at the Port Adelaide Football Club (Bachelor's
thesis, Università Ca'Foscari Venezia).
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