Personal and Professional Development Reflective Report - Suffolk BABS

This report focuses on personal and professional development, emphasizing the assessment of skills and abilities to maximize potential. It utilizes Gibbs' reflective cycle to analyze personal experiences at the University of Suffolk and highlights the development of employability and study skills. Key skills such as communication, time management, teamwork, networking, problem-solving, and research are discussed, along with a personal development plan to improve specific skills for future career growth. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of continuous development and reflection for achieving personal and professional goals.

Personal and
professional
development

Contents
Contents...........................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
Gibbs Model reflection:...............................................................................................................1
Personal and professional development plan...............................................................................3
Skill..................................................................................................................................................4
Action..............................................................................................................................................4
Objective..........................................................................................................................................4
Assessment......................................................................................................................................4
Time-frame......................................................................................................................................4
Communication skills......................................................................................................................4
Time and self-management..............................................................................................................4
Team work and networking skill.....................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional development is defined as the plan that is used by an individual to
assess their own skills and abilities as well as consider life aims and determined goals with the
objective of maximise their potentials (Albrecht, Moscardo and Dwyer, 2022). It is related to
assess and learn new skills as well as develop own individual quality that help to attain defined
personal and professional goals and objectives of life. In this report various skills are explained
that are important to accomplish defined objectives and Gibbs reflective cycle is used to
explained personal experience. Along with that personal and professional development plan to
improve specific skill that help in future are mentioned in this report.
MAIN BODY
Gibbs Model reflection:
Gibbs model is one of reflective model that was introduced in the year 1988 by Graham Gibbs
that provide structure of learning from experience. It is a framework that allow a person to
examine experience and learn and plan from things which went well or not well (Lahiri,
Lucarotti and Gortney, 2021). It consists mainly six stages like description, action plan,
evaluation, conclusion, analysis, feeling and others. It is a model that provide good basis to work
through experience. It is a standalone experience as well as situation through which a person
goes through in order to collaborate with team. Explanation of different stages in my experience
of attending universities that assist me to development of various employability as well as study
skills are mentioned below:
Description: I take admission in University in order to improve my learning and knowledge and
also to build good career opportunity. In University, I take classes on daily basis that helps me to
learn things (Lim, 2018). In University, I take admission in filed in which I had interest. There
are various students in university with whom I interest and among which some students become
my friends. I also get various assignment assign by teachers to me and completion of this build
good skills in me. In the end, I get good grades in University and also get placed in a well known
company.
Feelings: After taking admission in University I be very excited as I get opportunity to learn new
things and also make new friends but at same time, I also get nervous as I needs to meet new
people. But during the session, I get opportunity to make new friends and also to meet teachers
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who provide me support in order to get good grades. I complete new assignment and also taking
active participation in different activities that helps me to learn new things. With completion of
my studies at University, I become confident about my studies.
Evaluation: During my studies, best thing is related to learning as I get opportunity to learn new
thing, develop new skills and also make new friends. Problem I faced during my studies is that
my teacher got angry with me as I get late in submission of one of my projects. Reason behind
this problem is miscommunication. But in the end, I talk with teacher and complete assignment.
Analysis: There are various things which went well at university whereas somethings does not
go well. Things went well as there is free flow of communication among team members due to
which we are able to coordinate with each other (O’Leary and Sheedy, 2021). There are various
things which does not went well as there is confusion occur related to submission of assignment.
I also get support from teachers that is the best things due to which I learn new things.
Conclusion: There are various new things which I learn with completion of assignment, joining
classes. I also developed different skills that is important in order to get career growth and
professional development. On basis of these skills, I am able to handle different situation in
effective manner. Thing that I learn from this period is that I need to reconfirm things that
provide us clarity about completion of work.
Action Plan: If same situation arises in future, I will handle it differently as instead of getting
nervous about submission data, I will work hard in order to complete my work. I also reconfirm
submission data before completing a work. I will also take responsibility of my work that make
me responsible. I will act differently as I have experience of this situation and also developed
required skills for completion of work.
There are various skills developed by me while attending classes at universities and
completing module. These skills include communication skills, research skills, time management
skills, team working and networking skills, problem solving skills. Explanation of these skills is
mentioned below:
Communication skills: It is one of important skills that is required by me in order to complete
my studies in effective manner (Pugh and Broome, 2020). These skills can be oral and written
communication skills that is important for a person in order to get good grades and also for
completion of work on time.
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Time management skill: It is a skill that manage time in efficient manner that allow a person to
saves time and also invest it on productive activities. On basis of time management skill, I was
able to compete assignment on time that create good im-pression of me in minds of professors.
Team working and networking skills: It is another important skill that allow me to work in a
team among people who has different skills and capability. It allows me to collaborate with other
people that is important in order to complete group projects (Saleem and Ashiq, 2020).
Networking is another important skills that allow me to work build network with other people
that provide important information and also helps me to get good career opportunity.
Problem solving skill: it is another important skills that allow me to solve various problems
occur in day to day life. For this, I was able to develop creative solution that allow to solve
critical problems occur in life of a person. On basis of this skill, I will be able to solve problems
occur in my personal as well as professional life.
Research skills: it is a skill that allow a person to conduct in-depth analysis in order to get a
information. It allows a person to get right information and improve their knowledge that is
important for developing good career opportunity.
Personal and professional development plan
Personal development plan is defined as the process of creating a specific action plan based
on awareness, values, goal-setting and planning for personal development (Salter and Rhodes,
2018). It helps to improve specific skill that are important to attain determined goals and
objectives related to personal and professional career.
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Skill Action Objective Assessment Time-frame
Communication
skills
For the purpose
of improving
communication
skill, I have
taken various
online courses
and class that
enhance my
knowledge
regarding
listening and
writing methods
of
communication.
Objective of
improving
communication
skills is to
convey own
ideas,
knowledge and
concepts to
others in most
understandable
manner.
Improvement in
communication
skill is assessed
by the reactions
and interest level
of receiver in
communication
process. I have
taken feedbacks
from my
classmates and
colleagues that
help to measure
the effectiveness
of
communication.
3 months
Time and self-
management
Time and self-
management
skill helps to
accomplish
specific task on
time in efficient
manner. I have
prepared proper
time-table and
schedule that
helps me to
perform
determined work
within time with
I have taken
actions to
improve my
time as well as
self-
management
with the
objective of
completing my
personal and
professional
work on time
with great
I have measured
the improvement
in time-
management
skill through
assessing my
time-schedule
that task is
complete as per
time-table.
6 months
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efficiency. effectiveness.
Team work and
networking skill
I have various
actions to
improve my
teamwork and
networking skill
like I have
attended
seminars and
workshops in
which I learnt
who to
coordinate
actions in group.
Objective of
improving
teamwork skill
is to complete
assignment and
projects in group
in proper
manner. This
skill help me to
perform task in
efficient manner
with other team
members.
Team work and
networking skill
is measured
through
assessing the
success as well
as
accomplishment
of work in
efficient manner.
Team leader of
group assess
improvement in
teamworking
skill.
9 months
CONCLUSION
As per above report, it can be concluded that personal and professional development is
considered as the developing various related skills, capabilities and competencies that help to
attain various goals and objectives that are related to personal and professional life. Skills
facilitate an individual to perform defined actions and activities in efficient manner. Gibbs
reflective model is used to expressing personal experience and learning in efficient manner.
Personal and professional development plan is prepared with the objective of improving weak
skills and that are important for attaining future objectives.
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