Reflective Essay on Effective Communication & Improving Performance

A Reflective Essay about Effective Communication & Improving Performance,
& how this influenced my Performance, behaviour & experience
This piece of reflective writing utilises Driscoll’s model of reflection (1994). Here I will
discuss my experiences at work/in education (WHICH OF THESE TWO DO YOU
WRITE ABOUT? WORK, OR EDUCATION?) where I demonstrate effective
communication, and the process that enabled me to improve my performance, in the
table below:
Part A
1. What? 350 words
A description of the situation or event
Description of a situation or event which
enabled you to improve performance because
of effective communication
What is/was the Purpose?
I was working with team of content writers in
company where we were given the responsibility
to write blogs, research the social networks in e-
commerce, sites and college websites. My
purpose to work with content writers was to
enhance my competitive skills of interpersonal
communication, learn soft skills and hard skill
which will enable me to build my strengths of
working in group and develop dynamic working
skills.
What happened in the
event/scenario?
 In scenario, I learned advanced creative
writing skills where I was able to develop
my English, gain knowledge about
competitive dynamic world here there are
different mid-set people working together
(Abdalla,2019).
 I gained experience of working in team
where various ideas and thoughts are
encouraged by leaders, and we are given
platforms to showcase our talents.
 The scenario developed my overall
personality with enthusiastic learning,
strong command on my English and also
enhanced my competitive learning abilities
along with potentiality to work under
pressure.
What did I see/do during the
event?
 During the events and group sessions with
fellow team members I used to maintain a
diary where I used to keep records of all
key-points discussed, learnings by leaders
and the guidelines which we as content
writers were expected to follow.

 I used revise the points learned in meetings
properly and the leaders were very
encouraging to provide us with
opportunities to uplift our learnings.
I used to keenly observe what parameters of
learning can be built for improving my performance
according to benchmarks set by leaders.
 I faced the challenge of Writers block due to
less confidence at some point of time while
working in team. There were certain periods
where I faced less productive to write
creative content on my blogs.
What was my reaction to it?
 I used to read other creative content
published in magazines and newspapers to
gain inspiration of creative writing and learn
advance writing skills.
 This motivated me to improve my skills,
communication with peer group members
and also developed my motivation.
 I started listening informatory videos to
learn innovative English and build
paradigms which enhanced my arenas of
learning (Galloway and Uccelli,2019).
What did other people do that
were involved in this?
My teammates were very supportive in working
together, we conducted research studies together
which helped us in developing ideas for content
writing. Interpersonal skills enabled group
members to build strong cooperation of
communication.
How did they react or what
did they do as a result of it?
Team members were positive in working together
which encouraged me to gain competitive
knowledge and strongly enhance my skills.
2. So What? 350 words Analyse the Event
How did I feel at the time of
the event?
I was optimistic in working as content writer, as I
gained a lot practical experience of advance
creative writing and also increased my potentiality
to learn quickly.
Were those feelings I had any
different from other people
who were involved at the
time?
The leaders always appreciated my positive
outlook and optimistic approach of working which
was different from their team members.