Reflective Commentary on Personal and Professional Development

This reflective commentary explores the role of reflection in personal and professional development, self-assessment, identifying areas of improvement, and taking effective actions. It discusses the acquisition of skills, strengths, weaknesses, feedback, challenges, opportunities, and threats. The reflection emphasizes the importance of continuous growth and development for becoming an effective learner and achieving career goals.

Reflective Commentary

Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................3
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................7

Introduction
Reflection plays an important role in the personal and professional development of a
person and it also help in continuously identifying personal skills and abilities along with the
areas of strengths and weaknesses. This help in self evaluation of personal capabilities so that
effective actions can be taken which can help in making improvements in the weak areas so that
overall performance can be improved and person can develop as a learner. It is therefore
important that reflection is produced by a person continuously which can help in continuous
growth and development. In this report a reflection is produced which can help in self assessment
so that challenges can be dealt with in an efficient manner along with identifying the threats and
opportunities that are available so that effective development can take place.
Main Body
While completing my course I attended various workshops so that I can develop a variety
of my skills like critical thinking, presentation skills, reading and writing skills, critical thinking,
time management, team working ability, problem solving, research skills, academic writing and
integrity etc. so that I can develop as an effective learner which can help me in understanding the
course efficiently. All the skills which I acquired during the sessions has helped me in building
my strengths so that I can become an effective learner which can help me in developing a career
that can help me in becoming successful in the future. These skills can also help me in
understanding the concepts in an efficient manner along with enhancing my critical thinking
ability and problem solving skills which can help me in being more confident and competitive in
market. Further during the semester I also identified certain of my weaknesses which need to be
developed so that i can become more efficient and effective as a learner and continuously evolve
and score good marks in the semester. I received feedbacks from my tutors during the semester
which I took seriously and paid attention on them so that effective improvement can be made
which can help me in being a better learner in the future sessions. The feedbacks that were
provided to me has helped me in being a better learner by identifying my weak areas where
improvements can be made so that I can become better in the class. Apart from improving
various skills the workshops also helped me in my personal and professional development which
can help me in being successful in my career so that I can become happy and satisfied. During
the workshops I faced certain challenges which affected my learning process like while making

presentation I faced issues of lack of confidence to present it in front of an audience which
affected my ability in effectively communicating the content of my presentation. I identified this
challenge and boosted my confidence by continuously practising my presentation skills in front
of my family and friends so that I can gain the confidence of making effective presentation. I
also faced issues regarding academic integrity and writing which I tried to develop efficiently by
attending the workshops so that I could learn on how academic work can be done perfectly by
following integrity. This helped me in conducting effective research and referencing ,my work in
an efficient manner so that I could present authentic and reliable information to people. This
helped in developing my confidence and also helped me in becoming effective in a variety of my
skills so that I can acquire opportunities which are available in market for boosting my career.
During the course I identified that there are a large number of opportunities available in
market which can help me in exhibiting my skills in an efficient manner along with the presence
of a variety of threats which can affect my growth and development. As I have efficient research
skills along with better interpretation skills it can help me in building a career as a researcher
which can help me financially and also help me in gaining research at large scale thereby helping
in my career development. I however need to develop some of my skills which will help me in
effectively developing my career which are team working skills, presentations, discussions etc.
so that I can develop better research in future. I also received feedbacks based on tasks and
workshops on certain areas like note taking, improving writing and reflective writing skills,
effective communication, self-management, managing stress etc. All these areas need to be
focused upon by me so that I can develop effectively as a learner and can become better in
conducting my work efficiently so that I can build my career in an effective manner. I need to
seek the support of my teachers and peers so that they can help me out in becoming better in
these skills so that I can perform better and become effective in exhibiting my capabilities which
is important so as to become competitive in market. I need to formulate an effective plan and
formulate certain strategies which can help me in making continuous and effective improvement
in myself so that I achieve my goals and objectives and become successful in the long-run. With
the help of reflecting my work and learning continuously will help me in identifying effectively
the areas that need improvement so that I can evolve and become a better person in future which
will also help me in building a better career for myself. This can help me in achieving my
SMART goals so that I can become sustainable and successful like developing as an effective

learner so that I continuously develop my skills and become efficient in acquiring new skills. I
also want to be able to score highest marks in each semester of my course which can help me in
developing effectively and continuously. Further I am ambitious about becoming a researcher in
future so that I can develop my career in this field which can help me financially along with
creating my goodwill in market. In order to develop my skills so that continuous development
and improvement in my personal effectiveness can increase I have prepared the following
personal development plan so that I can improve on my weak points so that my desired goals can
be achieved on time and in an efficient manner:
Objective Action Resources Criteria for
success
Time
required
Effective
Communicat
ion
In order to improve my
effective communication
skills I need to develop as a
good listener which can help
in analysing the way in which
I can address certain message
to the audience so that the
message could be understood
in the similar manner which
is desired. Following the 7Cs
of communication can be
followed by me in order to
make my communication
effective.
Watching movie,
increasing my
reading habits,
offering group
presentations,
taking part in
discussions and
debates etc.
Increased focus
and interest of the
audience in what I
say, Increased
two-way
communications,
Effectiveness in
understanding of
my audience
1 month
Presentation
skills
I need to develop my
presentation skills so that the
audience can be engrossed in
the presentation and their
interest can increase. I need to
practice more on this skill by
Self-evaluation,
Ted talks, giving
presentations in
various events,
use of technology
so that
The success of
this skills will be
determined by
increased number
of offers of giving
presentation,
2 months

doing presentations more
often and increasing the
number of graphics and
pictures so that it can look
more attractive.
presentation can
be made more
attractive etc.
increased
attention of
audience, making
the presentation
effectively in a
time effective
manner etc.
Academic
integrity
I need to improve my skills
regarding academic integrity
so that I can develop as a
researcher. For this I need to
cite the work effectively
along with improving my
skills like paraphrasing, note
taking and improving my
skills regarding referencing
my work.
Various articles
from authors and
writers available
in books, internet,
journals etc.
Grading from my
tutors, decreased
number of
feedbacks on my
work etc.
1.5
months
I need to effectively implement the above mentioned PDP plan which can help me in
improving a variety of my skills so that I can develop effectively and become successful in my
career. I need to follow all the actions and make use of a variety of resources which can help me
in developing my skills so that I can continuously grow and develop and become an efficient
learner.
Conclusion
From the above reflection it can be said that it plays an important role in the continuous
development of a person and it must be done regularly so that self assessment can be dine which
can help in identifying various areas of improvement so that effective actions can be taken. It can
also play an effective role in development of a person so that the opportunities available can be
efficiently acquired along with dealing with threats so that overall development can take place.

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