Portfolio: Skills Reflection on Business Challenges and Action Plan

This portfolio presents a skills reflection, focusing on challenges faced in business contexts and outlining an action plan for professional development. The report details three key challenges: the apprentice challenge, the presentation challenge, and the t-shirt challenge, analyzing the skills demonstrated and the strategies employed to overcome them. The apprentice challenge explores the learning curve and resource limitations faced by trainees. The presentation challenge discusses the difficulties in delivering effective presentations and the importance of communication skills. The t-shirt challenge examines the role of teamwork, business skills, and emotional intelligence in fostering a positive workplace environment. An action plan is included to improve skills such as communication, teamwork, time management, and business competencies over the next three years. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of continuous skill development for achieving success in both personal and professional life.

PORTFOLIO AND SKILLS
REFLECTION

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Apprentice Challenge..................................................................................................................3
Presentation Challenge................................................................................................................4
T-shirt Challenge.........................................................................................................................5
Action Plan..................................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
A person has always required many skills and abilities its personal life to achieve positive
results in daily life. Currently people give very high value to that person who has effective skills
and abilities. That’s why nowadays most people are putting their efforts to improve different
abilities, like; communication skills, decision-making skills, time management skills, teamwork
and business skills etc. Currently most businesses or companies are giving high priority to only
those candidates in their hiring processes who has well-developed competencies and skills. A
person can’t get better results in personal life without developing these all competencies and
abilities in their daily life. This report discusses three major challenges which a person has faced
in business activities. Some skills also have discussed in this report which a person can improve
by facing these all challenges.
MAIN BODY
Apprentice Challenge
Apprentice challenge is also known as a leaner challenge. Each apprentice always faces
many challenges in its learning stage. In this businesses, trainee and apprentice are the same
thing, because both has always required some specific training sessions to improve themselves.
An apprentice never has whole knowledge of business (Laajaj and Macours, 2017). That’s why it
faces many challenges during business activities. For example; a person not has proper
knowledge about how to operate different machineries within production department. That’s why
existing people of business call it an apprentice. An apprentice faces many challenges in learning
stage, because it always put its great efforts to understand different aspects of business. That
person can easily become a highly professional person by understanding these all aspects of
business. Many times apprentice faces challenges which has based on resources. Reason is, an
apprentice has always required to use different resources for improving its skills and knowledge
within business. Resources includes books & journals, internet, technological gadgets, trainer
etc. but many times an apprentice not able to arrange these all resources for developing their
existing skills, competencies and knowledge. Lack of resources is really tough challenge for an

apprentice, because it has highly required these all resources to for improving own personality
and professionalism.
Skills Demonstrated
An apprentice face challenge relating to time management as well, because apprentice
can’t manage its time in different activities at initial stage in a business (Wiewiora and
Kowalkiewicz, 2019). For example; trainer has given a target to apprentice for completing it on
time, but it not able to complete that target on time because of poor time management skills.
Most of the time, an apprentice not has well-developed skills and competencies etc. That’s why
it faces different challenges in business operations. I has faced these all challenges when I was an
apprentice. But on that time, I already have many skills which has completely well-developed.
For example; time management skills, research skills, business skills and competencies etc. My
these all skills and competencies was really helped me for achieving different targets when I was
an apprentice. For example; my research abilities have supported me for finding and searching
different aspect of a business. On the other side, my time management skill was helped me for
properly managing my precious time in different business activities (Parise and Peijnenburg,
2017). According to my experience, time management is one the useful skills which highly
supports to me for systematically managing their time in different daily life activities.
Presentation Challenge
A person faces many challenges while presenting something, because I was really faced
some challenges which has based on presentation aspect of business. Basically, presentation
aspect plays very important role within a business or company, because this aspect gives
opportunity to a business for properly explain a specific plan and decision etc. Once I get task for
giving a presentation. On that time, I was not fully prepared about ‘how to give an effective
presentation’. That was really tough challenge to me, because I have never give any presentation
before. But finally I have decided to start giving presentation. I started to collect different
information and data which highly required in that presentation work (Iqbal and Riaz, 2019). I
have faced too many challenges in finding different required information and data, because I
have no any appropriate resource to collect data and information for giving presentation. But
finally, with the support of research it was succeeded in collecting various data and information
to perform well in that presentation. I was learnt somewhere that, without appropriate data and

information a person can’t give an effective presentation. That’s why I was putted my huge
efforts to collect such all things for that presentation.
Skills Demonstrated
On that presentation, my excellent and well-developed communication skills was played
very great role me, because these are such skills which each person has highly required for well-
performing in any presentation. Audience or people who was attending my presentation has
really impressed by my well-developed communication skills. But I completely accept on thing
that, my body language was not much better in that presentation. This was also tough challenge
for me to manage an effective body language while giving presentation (Henschel, Nandrino and
Doba, 2020). But was managed all things perfectly in that presentation with the support of my
other communication abilities, like; polite language, eye contact, listing abilities, interaction
abilities etc. These all things were supported me for well-perform in that presentation. Then I
was succeeded for giving presentation in effective manner because of my well-developed
presentation skills, communication skills and excel skills. On the other side, my colleagues were
also get highly impressed by my presentation skills. When my one colleague asked me that, how
you able to well perform in presentation and how you deal with different challenges which ha
based on presentation aspect. Then I replied, I have putted my huge efforts for learning ‘how to
give an effective presentation’. That’s why currently I’m able to give an impressive presentation.
On the other hand, well-developed research abilities play great role to me for finding different
appropriate ways to deal with presentation challenge. According to my experience, I still need to
more improve my communication skills, presentation skills and excel skills etc. for more
effectively giving various presentations in the future as well. I can easily give more effective
presentations in the future by more improving my existing skills and competencies.
T-shirt Challenge
I was faced t-shirt challenge also in business operations. A business has always required
to run different innovative activities in their daily operations (Pasban and Nojedeh, 2016). In this
situation, many times top-level management of business encourage employees for wearing some
attractive t-shirt. Each people within business has require to wear a creative, designable and
colourful t-shirt to show internal creativity within business. Many times some leaders and
manager within business wears some selected t-shirts to systematically give command to their

employees or people. In initiate stage of business, I was faced challenge which has completely
base on t-shirts aspect. Reason is, I was not having proper knowledge of this aspect. But on that
time, I was fully knowing about this thing that, companies or businesses uses t-shirt aspect also
in their daily operation for running its each operation on progressive path. This aspect is very
helpful for businesses to maintain effective relations between different employees within a
teamwork.
Skills Demonstrated
My teamwork competencies, business skills and emotional intelligence skills was played
great role to me for completely understanding t-shirt concept of businesses. Firstly, I was
communicated with my colleagues and team leader for knowing actual value of t-short in the
workplace of business. Then my colleagues were helped me for properly understanding that, why
businesses use t-shirts aspect in their operations. Of course, t-shirt aspect support to a business
for building an effective teamwork within workplace (Abualoush and et.al., 2018). On the other
side, my emotional intelligence was helped me to understand that, why people are highly get
influenced different verities and colours of t-shirts. T-shirt aspect really positively works for a
business, because many times people has emotionally attached with different designs and colours
of t-shirts. That’s why emotional intelligence aspect was supported to me for properly dealing
with t-shirt challenge. According to my experience, these all skills and competencies are too
necessary to deal with challenges.
Action Plan
Action plan always supports to a person for improving their existing skills, abilities,
competencies and knowledge. Action plan mainly provides a specific framework to person for
identifying its well-developed, developing and undeveloped skills or abilities. By identifying
these all abilities, a person can easily improve its skills and abilities. Basically in an action plan,
a person need to take various necessary actions and steps towards improving their abilities and
competencies. In this situation, this action plan will help me for developing these skills in the
next three years of university (Kohler, 2016). A productive action plan has been mentioned
below;
Skills and Activities Resources Success Timelin Evaluation

Abilities Indicator e
Communicatio
n skills
Communicatio
n are such
skills which I
highly need to
more develop,
because with
the support of
well-
developed
communicatio
n skills I can
easily achieve
my many
decided goals.
I will learn
different
articles and
blogs which
has based on
these skills.
This activity
can support me
for more
developing
these skills.
There are
various
resources I
has required
for developing
these skills.
For example;
books and
journals,
magazines,
internet etc.
Currently
many ways
and methods
are available
in these
resources
which will
support for
developing
communicatio
n skills.
When I will
realise that,
people are
getting highly
impressed by
me while
communicatin
g with me.
Then I will
accept that,
now I have
well-
developed
communicatio
n skills.
1 year Time period
of one year is
enough to me
for improving
these skills. I
will put my
huge efforts to
develop
communicatio
n skills.
Teamwork
abilities
Teamwork
abilities also
too necessary
abilities to me,
because these
There are
various
business
magazines,
books, etc.
When I will
be succeeded
in making an
effective
teamwork,
1.5
years
One and half
years are
enough to me
for completely
develop my

abilities give
opportunity for
making an
effective
teamwork
(Martínez,
Román and
Casado, 2017).
I will learnt
different
business
magazines and
books which
had based on
these abilities.
some major
resources to
me for
developing
teamwork
abilities.
then I can
accept that my
existing
teamwork
abilities now
well-
developed.
teamwork
abilities. I will
like to learn
such all thing
which can
improve these
skills.
Time
management
skills
Time
management
skills also
plays grate
role in my
daily life, so I
will attend
some training
sessions and
watch some
informative
videos on
internet for
more
developing
these skills.
There are
various
resources I
has required
to improve
these skills,
like; internet,
smart phone,
human
resource
(trainer) etc.
I will always
set a timeline
for
completing
each task on
time. Once I
will start
completing
my all tasks in
decided
timeline, then
I can
understand
that my time
management
skills get
2 years I can
definitely
develop these
skills in next
two years,
because I will
put my huge
efforts to
develop them.

improved.
Business
competencies
For developing
my business
competencies,
I will join a
coaching
centre where I
can easily
develop these
competencies
(Božič and
Dimovski,
2019). I read
some books
and journals as
well.
Books and
journals,
human
resource
(coach) etc.
are some
major
resource to me
for developing
business
competencies.
I will conduct
various
business
practices to
analyse
success.
3 years Time period
of three years
is enough to
me for
improving
these business
competencies.
CONCLUSION
It can be concluded various skills, abilities, competencies and knowledge are too
necessary aspects for a person to achieve high growth in the personal life. A person can’t achieve
high success without these skills and abilities. Everyone should develop each skills and
competencies to get positive results in life. Currently most business and companies also focuses
on hiring only skilled and talented candidates into company. Development of skills is too
necessary task for a person, because well-developed abilities and competencies support to a
person for properly dealing with different challenges in daily life.

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