Personal and Professional Development

This study explores personal and professional development, including strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. It discusses the importance of skills and strategies for achieving career goals.

Personal and Professional
Development

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................3
RECOMMENDATION...................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional development is a formal skill which helps individuals in setting
prescribed goals and strategies. Personal development helps in effectively managing the growth
and learning of the individual throughout the career (Kroll and Dussias, 2017). Professional
development helps in effectively maintaining professional credentials which mainly focuses on
attending various conferences, formal and informal learning opportunities, etc. This study will
include evaluation of various skill sets, identification of career opportunities and appraise of the
various skill sets by effectively identifying the gaps and developing effective skill sets to reach
the desired career opportunity or goal. Gibbs is an effective reflection model which helps in
encouraging people to systematically think about the specific experience at the time of specific
event, situation and activity. This helps in reflecting upon the individual experiences which in
turn helps in dealing with the better future.
MAIN BODY
Strengths: As per the Gibbs reflective model, I have determined that have various sets of
personality skills such as communications skills, flexibility and adaptability to change. I have
technical competence in order to deal with components and in turn reach higher operational goals
and standards. I have analysed that, I am quite determinant and persistent to accomplish the
particular set of goals. I believe that, I have effective ability to work in harmony with my co-
workers in order to reach the set goals and objectives. I have immense capability to work under
pressure and deliver the best results and outcomes while carrying out specific task. I have sought
to analyse the fact that, I have effective time management skills which in turn helps me in
accomplishing all the task within the stipulated time. I seek to carry out task within the
stipulated time. I have various leadership qualities such as integrity, honesty, decision making
capabilities, commitment, innovation, creativity, accountability, delegation, empowerment, etc.
which in turn helps in improving my various career growth opportunities. It was interesting for
me to analyse that I am quite innovative and creative in order to function all the activities in a
systematic and appropriate manner (Gibbs Reflective Cycle by Graham Gibbs, 2019). I am self
motivated and encourage my self to accomplish the desired task on my own in order to outgrow
my personal skills (Vetere and Stratton, 2016). I have strong decision making capabilities which
helps me in finding solution to the particular problem and attain set goals in a systematic and
efficient manner. I have strong conflict resolution skills which helps me in finding the best
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solution to the particular problem. I have team building capability which helps me in keeping
everyone intact to accomplish set of task and keep them fully involved in order to attain desired
task. I know how to better significant relationship with the customers in order to attain desired
goals and objectives.
Weaknesses: As per the Gibbs reflective model, I have evaluated that, I am self- critique
which in turn affect me in attaining desired goals and objectives. I am disorganized which in turn
leads to chaos in attainment of desired goals and objectives (Ramia and et.al., 2016). On of the
major weakness of mine is that, I am a perfectionist. I want perfection in everything I do which
in turn makes me very anxious. I am shy and kind of introvert which makes it difficult for me to
share my view and ideas with the other individuals. I am not a public speaker which in turn
makes it difficult for me to interact with other individuals and maintain a strong relationship
(Gibbs Reflective Cycle by Graham Gibbs, 2019).
Opportunity: As per the Gibbs reflective model, I have interest to grow my career in the
marketing industry where I can attain the job role as marketing manager. I want to grow my
career in this field because I believe that there is wide range of scope in the marketing field. This
will help me in reaching my set goals in the particular field which leads to higher personal
growth opportunities (Gibbs Reflective Cycle by Graham Gibbs, 2019). I have analysed that, in
order to attain career in marketing field I need to focus on developing various set of personal
professional development skills. I want to build negotiation skills in order to significantly
contribute to the success of the business. A good negotiation skills is very useful in avoiding
various future conflicts and helps in finding the best solution. I want to gain new experiences
which will helps in broadening my knowledge and will also help in improving the career in the
marketing field (Christie, and et.al., 2018). As per the Gibbs reflective model, Professional
development helps in effectively maintaining professional credentials which mainly focuses on
attending various conferences, formal and informal learning opportunities, etc. I need to focus on
improving my professional marketing skills which will help me in developing career in this field.
I need to develop effective digital marketing skills and gain broader set of knowledge related
with data analysis, search engine optimization, social media skills, writing skills, editing skills,
paid social media marketing, customer relationship management skills, listening skills, email
marketing skills, advertising skills, etc. I will develop digital marketing skills by taking
educational courses and internship in the related field (Hill and et.al., 2016). I believe that I am
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an innovative thinker which will help me in bringing in new and innovative ideas which helps in
effective advertisement and marketing design.
Threat: As per the Gibbs reflective model, I believe that there are various external factors
which in turn affects the individual from attaining desired set of career job opportunities. One of
the major threat is that large number of competition in the market to get the desired job role. Job
insecurity and changing professional standards is one of the major threat which in turn affects me
from attaining my desired set of goals and objectives (Olsen, 2015).
CONCLUSION
From the above reflective study it has been concluded that, Personal development helps
in effectively managing the growth and learning of the individual throughout the career. This
study helps in outlining that the major strengths associated with my personal and professional
skills. It has been evaluated that, I have effective communications skills, flexibility, adaptability,
integrity, honesty, decision making capabilities, commitment, innovation, creativity,
accountability, delegation, empowerment, work under pressure, team building capability which
helps me in building up my skills in a professional and ethical manner in order to attain higher
career growth. I have examined that the major weakness associated with me is that, I am
disorganized self- critique, shy, introvert and perfectionist. This reflective study further evaluated
that, the major opportunity with the business is that, I want to grow my career in marketing
industry in a reputed company as a marketing manager. This will help me in gaining wide
amount of experience to attain respective career goal in order to reach greater heights. The major
threat associated with me is large number of competition in the market to get the desired job role.
Job insecurity and changing professional standards is one of the major threat which in turn
affects me from attaining my desired set of goals and objectives.
RECOMMENDATION
I have to focus on preparing a milestone plan in order to attain the desired goals and
objectives for career development. I need to first get my basics clear regarding the marketing
field by watching various educational tutorial videos (Dorociak and et.al., 2017). I will also read
several books related with the marketing in order to improve my thinking in this field. I will
effectively overcome my weakness in order to improve my personal and professional skills. I
will take training from the institute which h will help me in broadening the knowledge on the
marketing field. I will develop knowledge in his field my taking post graduation degree from the
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university. I will also do internship from the company in order to gain some practical knowledge
and apply my theoretical knowledge at work ad gain experience to attain higher career goals and
objectives (Agafonova, Bryukhova and Kaigorodov, 2015). I will focus on prioritizing to
develop the necessary skills by effectively developing SMART objectives. I will focus on
improving my skills to be more innovative and will also focus on maintaining strong relationship
with the customers. I have to focus on improving various personal and professional skills related
with numerical skills, negotiation skills, creative skills, teamwork skills, etc. in order to attain
desired set of career goals and objectives. I should also focus on expanding my knowledge in
online and digital marketing which in turn will help me in attaining my specific career growth
opportunity at a higher level.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Agafonova, S., Bryukhova, N. and Kaigorodov, B., 2015. Professional and personal
undergraduates’ development in the educational process from the perspective of
competency-based approach. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences.214. pp.479-486.
Christie, H and et.al., 2018. ‘University opened up so many doors for me’: the personal and
professional development of graduates from non-traditional backgrounds. Studies in
Higher Education.43(11).pp.1938-1948.
Dorociak, K.E and et.al., 2017. Development of the Professional Self-Care Scale. Journal of
Counseling Psychology.64(3).p.325.
Hill, K and et.al., 2016. Using the repertory grid technique to examine trainee clinical
psychologists' construal of their personal and professional development. Clinical
psychology & psychotherapy.23(5).pp.425-437.
Kroll, J.F. and Dussias, P.E., 2017. The benefits of multilingualism to the personal and
professional development of residents of the US. Foreign language annals.50(2).pp.248-
259.
Olsen, B., 2015. Teaching what they learn, learning what they live: How teachers' personal
histories shape their professional development. Routledge.
Ramia, E and et.al., 2016. Mapping and assessment of personal and professional development
skills in a pharmacy curriculum. BMC medical education.16(1).p.19.
Vetere, A. and Stratton, P., 2016. Interacting selves: Systemic solutions for personal and
professional development in counselling and psychotherapy. Routledge.
Online
Gibbs Reflective Cycle by Graham Gibbs. 2019. [ONLINE]. Available
through:<https://www.toolshero.com/management/gibbs-reflective-cycle-graham-gibbs/>
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