Portfolio: Reflective Statement, Skills Development, Action Plan

This portfolio includes a reflective statement on performance in a group presentation, areas for improvement in academic and professional skills, and an action plan for skills development.

Portfolio

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Reflect on performance in the group presentation and in the module thus far in the form of a
reflective statement indicating what has been learnt, aspects that went well, aspects requiring
improvement and how can apply the relevant knowledge in the future.................................1
The areas (academic and professional) that needed to develop further-................................3
Develop an action plan...........................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Portfolio can be said to be a summarised account of the experiences that an individual go
through. It can be recalled later just by having a looking and thus provides assistance to an
individual in maintaining records of their experience as well as learning in an effective manner.
The below mentioned project is a reflective account of an individual which consists of 3 sections.
The first section is the reflection presented over performance in the group presentation and the
module so far. The second section talks about the academic and professional skills with a scope
of improvement. Lastly, a development plan has been made to facilitate improvement in skills
and making self compatible for personal and professional development.
Reflect on performance in the group presentation and in the module thus far in the form of a
reflective statement indicating what has been learnt, aspects that went well, aspects requiring
improvement and how can apply the relevant knowledge in the future
In this I will be reflecting my performance in a group presentation which brought a
number of changes in me. There were a number of things that I came to know from this
presentation I also gained knowledge about a number of topics which will help me in future.
Deep analysis was done regarding all the advantages as well as disadvantages of aspects which I
need to improve in order to make sure that I can achieve success in future. While I was working
in a team during the presentation, I came to know that my communication skills are not up-to-
date. Are you somewhere like in communicating effectively with others? Slowly I came to know
of a number of ways through which I can involve others in interesting communications and
influence them with my performance.
Now I have gained a number of interpersonal skills which help me in communicating
with large groups without any hesitation. I also came to know that my personality is of a
powerful person who can easily influence others towards themselves. This has also helped me in
developing my personality as well as my academic performance. I also came to know how
important is time management skills for an individual. I improve my time management skills
through focusing on all the task and activities that are needed to be performed by me. I am now
divide all the work required to be done by me into various small steps. I have learnt to maintain a
to do list of all the steps along with the time required to complete the steps. After all these are
completed by me I also maintain a checklist which helps me in re checking the work which I
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have completed so far. The work which I do mention in my to do list according to their priorities.
This helps me in completing the most important task at first it also make sure that I do not leave
any of the task behind while focusing on the most priority is important to be completed first. This
time management skills will help me to develop my future in a great way.
Along with this during this presentation I have also improved my cooperative skill of
working in group with a number of individuals. I also always found that it was easy for me to
work on my own rather than working in a team. Slowly during this representation I came to
know how difficult it is to cooperate in a group. I gained leadership skills while working on this
presentation which helps me in cooperating with others. I was the first in group to accept all the
responsibilities and challenges in a group and divide the task amongst everyone in a group. There
is an importance of leader in a group as they are the one motivating everyone and thank you
reading them to work towards their goals. I was quite an effective leader throughout the
presentation task.
There were also a number of mistakes made by me during this presentation. However, I
learned from my mistakes and made sure that I try a task again and again before making that
perfect. This will help me in future in facing all the problems which arrive to me. I came to know
from this task that I need to be more adaptive and required to improve my skills. It is necessary
that one is always ready to face challenges and respond effectively to them. I have come along to
discover a number of new opportunities and always help others. These developments have
helped me to gain a great experience and stand for future. I have effectively improved my team
work skills while working in a team and gaining a lot of knowledge about value and beliefs of
different team members. Teamwork helps in building a positive working relationship with
everyone in the team it also helps in completing a task effectively.Along with this I also worked
on my problem solving skills through which I can display analytical as well as logical abilities
which I have. This problem solving skills will be very helpful for me in my corporate profession
as well as my daily life. Through facing all these challenges I will come to know how can an
individual work under pressure.
Decision making skills are also an easy shall part in human life. It is important that a
leader is always ready to take decisions and do not hesitate in applying those decisions. As a
leader of my team I made sure that problems to all the decisions were taken immediately keeping
in mind the view of all others in the team. I also came to know that it is important for an
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individual to keep their mind and their task flexible. It is necessary that people are ready to adapt
to changes and positively take steps to mix well with them. Forming a rigid structure will never
help an individual. Other than this I am also a good listener which is a strong key to be a good
communicator. Along with sharing my ideas and points it is also necessary to listen to what
others have to say about my views. I am also very self-motivated as I face every challenge which
came to me in a positive way and make sure that everyone around me remains positive and
motivated as well. All these knowledge, understanding, skills and learning helped me to
efficiently manage all my communication skill, interpersonal skills and time management skills
while completing this presentation.
The areas (academic and professional) that needed to develop further-
In accordance with the discussion done above, I can say that my personality tends to lack two
main skills, namely, problem solving and communication. Both of these skills tend to play a
crucial role in the life of any individual in personal as well as professional context. Problem
solving and communication act as key for an individual to attain success in future course of time.
The development or enhancement of these weak skills would provide assistance to me in
attaining my professional goals. In this relation, it has been acknowledged that communication
skills are important for an individual in order to be able to express one’s views and opinions in
front of other people. Communication is regarded as the key to ensuring that the delivery of
one’s thoughts and ideologies take place in an effective manner in front of others, assisting them
in deriving the results they intended to achieve in the long run. This skill will allow me to
develop healthy relations with people around me in personal and professional context. In the
professional context, this skill assists in developing effective bonding with the team members
thereby ensuring the timely accomplishment of goals and objectives of the team as well as the
organisation. Besides this, in relation to problem solving skills, this is important for an individual
to resolve the difference of opinion that underlie between two or more individuals or to deal with
any other issue. It can be said that leveraging problem solving allows an individual to ensure the
development of a positive atmosphere whereby the team members work in harmony with each
other, while resolving their inter personal differences. Problem solving skills also assist a person
in dealing with the issues that they encounter in their personal lives. Thus, both the skills are
quite important for an individual to achieve success in the long run.
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Develop an action plan
Evaluation of the weak areas of one’s personality becomes quite important for them to
identify their shortcomings which hinder them from achieving their desired goal and objectives
within due course of time. In this relation, action plan can be identified as a way through which
an individual seeks to undertake measures that can guarantee the improvement or development
of certain skills or knowledge in a person. Thus, the shortcomings identified by a person can be
effectively dealt with by way of developing an action plan. Now, as per my analysis, I lack 2 of
the most important skills in professional context named problem solving and communication.
Thus, the action plan will allow me to set targets in relation to both of these skills and ensure that
these are achieved in the time frame set at the time of devising the skill objective. The action
plan consists of information like name of targeted skill, current proficiency, targeted proficiency,
objective, development activities and time scale. Thus, the action plan made by me to develop
both the skills is given beneath:-
Skills Current
proficiency
Target
proficiency
Objective Development activity Time
Commu
nication
2.5 5 To develop
strong written
communication
skills in a time
span of next 1
month.
I will attend a number of seminars
and online classes with a view to
build my written communication
skills. Furthermore, I will also
undergo the training sessions held
by supervisor to gain an upper
hand over this skill in the long
run.
1
month
Problem
solving
3 5 To develop an
upper hand
over this skill
in next 40
days.
I will seek guidance from my
supervisor as well as peers at
work. This will equip me with
knowledge about the ways
through which an individual can
effectively resolve the problems
40
Days
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encountered by them or the team.
CONCLUSION
From the above research it can be concluded that management of time is important for
every human. It is seen that if an individual can manage their time effectively it becomes easy for
them to achieve success in future. Time plays an important role in fulfilment of goals and
objectives. It is necessary to complete the task on time rather than just completing it. Similarly
communication skills also play an important role in development of an individual. The following
report concludes individuals can make an action plan and efficiently develop the required skills
in them.
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