Preparing for Success: Self Development and Responsibility

This report discusses the reflection on my performance in the group presentation, areas that I need to develop, and an effective action plan to improve my personality and professionalism. Subject: Self Development, Course Code: N/A, Course Name: N/A, College/University: N/A, Document Type: Report, Assignment Type: N/A

Preparing for Success: Self
Development and
Responsibility

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Reflection on performance..........................................................................................................3
Elaboration of areas that I need to develop.................................................................................5
Action plan...................................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Self-development and responsibility are very important terms in the context of preparing
for success. Currently no person can gain huge success in its personal life without developing its
personality and professionalism. However, only those people have very excellent personality and
professorless who really has different well-developed abilities, competence and skills. This is the
main reason that everyone always has focused on developing its skills and abilities, because this
is the only key to everyone for improving its personality and professionalism. At the end, after
having effective personality and professionalism, anyone can simply gain huge success in its
personal life. This report discusses the reflection on my performance in the group presentation.
Those areas also have been elaborated which I have to develop. Lastly, an effective action plan
has been mentioned in this report which will positively affect my personality and
professionalism.
MAIN BODY
Reflection on performance
This area of report generally covers he reflection on my performance in the group
presentation. Basically, recently I have participated in a group presentation, where I has
performed very well, because while performing in that presentation’s activities I have proper
skills and abilities (Huda and et.al., 2018). I have learnt that, while working in a group or a team,
we all should have well-developed skills of teamwork. In this situation, there are teamwork skill
was played an excellent role to me on that presentation. With the support of well-developed
teamwork skills, I was able to manage different things very proper manner. For example; I have
maintained effective relations within all my colleagues in that presentation, because I have
understood that effective relationship always very positively affects to different people. Of
course, there are effective or well-developed skills of communication also has played great role
to me for performing very well in that group presentation. There are some key aspects relating to
presentation has been discussed below which can show my levels of performance in that
presentation.
What I have learnt

In that group presentation, I have learnt many new things which I have not learn before.
For example; before this presentation, I was not known about the role of teamwork skills, but
after joining that group presentation, I have fully learnt about the actual role of teamwork skills
in the terms of achieving different targets in decide time period. Basically, when I was joined
that presentation, I have started to learn about how to perform very well in the any group
presentation, then suddenly I found that, there are effective teamwork skills and communication
skills very necessary for performing well in the group presentation.
Reason is, in any group work, there are two or more than two people always come
together for achieving their common targets on time. In this situation, they work like a team, so
that when all members of a group have effective skills of communication, then that group can
simply achieve its different targets on time (McLeod, 2017). This same thing was happened with
my group, because when me and my colleagues was started the preparation of presentation, I
have asked to my colleagues that, we all need to develop our various skills and abilities, like
communication skills and teamwork skills etc. before proceeding out work of presentation. So
that, me and my colleagues was taken appropriate steps towards learning how to develop
different skills, and at the end, we all have succeeded in developing our various skills and
abilities.
What new information has been presented
Before giving any presentation, everyone has required to make preparation for
performing well in the presentation. In this situation, when me and my colleagues got the task to
group presentation, me and my colleagues got information that, self-preparation is very
mandatory for giving any presentation in effective manner. Finally, me and my colleagues was
decided to prepare for the presentation. This was really necessary to us for making our
presentation very productive to our different audience in the presentation hall. So that, we all
have started to conduct different activities. For example; my few colleagues have started to
collect relevant information about that presentation topic in different books and journals,
internet, magazines and newspapers etc., some colleagues have started to work on making
presentation more attractive, lastly, me and few colleagues have started work on finding relevant
images or pictures to our topic of presentation. So, these all activities have given information and
knowledge that, we can simply achieve anything while working in a group or teamwork.

What was interesting
In that presentation, finding relevant images or pictures to presentation topic was very
interesting to me, because on that presentation, all group members were responsible to cover
different tasks, in which me and some colleagues got the task of searching or finding different
relevant pictures and images to the presentation topic (Zhang, 2019). For completing this task,
me and colleague was putted their huge efforts. For example; I have given my lots of precious
time find appropriate images on the internet and books & journals, because that task was too
interesting to me.
How might I have used the new information
While preparing for the presentation I got lots of new appropriate information which was
enable me for performing excellent in that group presentation. For example; I got the information
that, teamwork is very necessary to achieve nay target on time, so that I have used this
information in the terms of developing my skills of teamwork. At the end, after having effective
skills of teamwork I have performed too excellent in that presentation.
What did I not completely understand or confused me, and what I did about it?
There were lots of things in that group presentation I have not completely understood,
and those things was really confused me (Safarifard, Keshavarz-Afshar and Namami, 2019). For
example; thing relating to out relevant data in the presentation slides was very confusing to me, I
did not understand how to put that data in proper way in different slides. So that, I have
completed research on it that, how to add data in the slides of presentation to make any
presentation very productive as well effective. At the end, after all practices and efforts, me and
my colleagues have succeeded in giving the group presentation in very effective manner.
Audience in the presentation has was really appreciated us to give an excellent group
presentation.
Elaboration of areas that I need to develop
After that group presentation, I have understood one thing that, currently there are lots of
things exists in my present life which I still have to develop for getting very appropriate results.
For example; I have different skills which are currently weaknesses of mine, currently I have

different abilities, but these are not in good condition. In this situation I have conducted the
SWOT analysis tool which enable to me for identifying areas which I stills needs to be
developed (Gomez-Lavin and Prinz, 2019). This analytical tool is fully efficient in the terms of
knowing our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
SWOT analysis
SWOT analytical tool generally indicates our four key aspects which has been discussed
below;
Strengths Currently I have different productive skills and abilities which are
generally strengths to me. For example; I have well-developed
communication skills and teamwork skills. These well-developed skills
are completely strengths to me which always very positively affects my
daily life.
Weaknesses I don’t have effective problem-solving skills, decision making skills and
abilities of people management, so that these are currently weaknesses
to me. In this situation, I can say that, these are my key areas which I
have to develop quickly for getting very appropriate results.
Opportunities In this dynamic world, there are lots of effective ways available to me
which can support me for developing my these all skills (Savina, 2016).
For example; I can make an effective or productive action plan which
will support me for developing these all un-developed or weaker skills.
Threats Currently competition within each industry of sector is increasing
regularly, in which this factor can affect very negatively. That’s why this
is a threat to me.
According to this SWOT analytical tool, I have do develop my different areas, like;
problem-solving skills, decision-making skills and people management abilities etc. That’s why I
am fully responsible to take quick action towards developing my these all areas. I knows that, if I
will be succeeded in developing these all areas, then I can simply gain more effective results in
personal life. Many times, I have faced different difficulties also just because of these poor or

weaker areas of mine (Kelz, 2016). Currently most people I across the world are also trying to
develop their lots of skills, in which this thing also highly influence me for developing my own
skills and abilities. In that group presentation, I have faced different problems and difficulties,
but just because of not having effective problem-solving skills, I was not able to systematically
deal those different skills and abilities. I have not talent of people decision-making as well.
That’s why I have to develop my different areas which in the form of poor skills. After
developing my all areas of development, I will be enabled to get great success in my personal
life.
Action plan
I have understood that, every person has always required to make an effective or very
productive action plan for making its different skills, abilities and knowledge completely
developed. Basically, an action plan provides an effective framework to different people for
identifying which skills it needs to be developed. Its discuses about different resources also
which every person have to use for developing its skills and knowledge (Minnig and Zaengl,
2019). I have made an effective action plan to me below;
Skills and
knowledge
Activities Resources Time scale Evaluation
Problem solving
skills
I have highly
required to
develop these
skills of
problem-solving,
because after
developing these
skills I will be
enabled to solve
different
difficulties or
problems which
I can face in the
I have decided to
read informative
blogs on the
internet, so that I
have to use
different
resources, like;
smart phone,
laptop, internet.
These all are
resources
enough to me for
making my all
3 Months For developing
skills of
problem-solving,
I have required
to use the time
period of 3
months are
enough to read
many of blogs
on internet.

next task like
group
presentation. For
developing these
skills, I will read
different
informative
blogs on internet
where different
experts have
shared their
productive
opinions on how
to solve various
problems.
decided
activities to be
done.
Decision making
skills
Decision-making
skills also plays
an effective role
to anyone, in
which for
developing these
skills, I will
conduct different
activities. For
example; I will
be learnt in
different books
and journals.
I have required
to use only
different books
and journals
which has based
on how to
develop skills of
decision-making
(Koi, 2020). By
developing these
skills, I can
simply learn
about
developing these
skills.
6 Months There are time
period of six
months is
enough to me for
developing my
skills of
decision-
making. By
developing these
skills, I will
enable to make
decision in just
few time
periods.
People People There is a coach 9 Months In nine months, I

management
abilities
management is
one of key skills
in the terms of
taking effective
work from
different group
and team. So
that I will join a
business
coaching centre
to develop these
skills.
is one of key
resources to me
for developing
these skills.
will be
succeeded in
developing these
skills.
General
awareness
For increasing
my levels of
general
awareness, I will
read lots of
books and
journals, articles
and also watch
different
informative
videos.
Newspapers,
internet, news
channels, TV
etc. are key
resources to for
developing these
skills.
12 Months There are 12
months
sufficient to for
developing
levels of general
awareness.
CONCLUSION
It can be concluded that there is development of skills is very necessary to anyone for
developing its personality and professionalism (Wray-Lake, Syvertsen and Flanagan, 2016).
After having well-developed personality and professionalism, anyone can simply gain huge
success in its personal life.

REFERENCES
Books & Journals
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