Importance of Personal Reflection and Development in Study Skills and Leadership

This report discusses the importance of personal reflection and development in study skills and leadership. It emphasizes the significance of self-assessment, identifying strengths and weaknesses, and utilizing them for professional growth. The report also explores the role of study skills and leadership in employability and management. It highlights the importance of personal development planning in enhancing individual growth and competitiveness in the marketplace.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Assess the learning process in relation to employability/ study skill..........................................3
Understanding of the concept of leadership and importance of leadership skills in the
management process....................................................................................................................4
Importance of taking control over the individual personal development planning.....................4
Identification of individual strength and weaknesses and way to utilize.....................................5
Individuals areas for professional development...........................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
The personal reflection is very much important for an individual as it is response to the
specified stimulus (Farrell and Kennedy, 2019). Mostly it is written by the individual to evaluate
own experience, feelings and events to bring improvement in oneself. Personal reflection is the
kind of opportunity which enables to reconsider the events, thought process and feelings from
the very fresh perspective to achieve the desirable goals and objectives in potential manner.
respective report is based on the reflection in regards of learning process for the employability/
study skills. Further it includes the concept of leadership and significance of it in the
management process. It also includes the role and significance of taking control of individual
personal development planning by accessing own strength and weakness in order to remain
competitive in the marketplace.
MAIN BODY
Assess the learning process in relation to employability/ study skill.
Study skills are the skills that help an individual to study and learn in effective manner.
Study skills are the significant kind of transferable life skills that required the full fledged
process in order to achieve the desirable goals and objectives in potential manner (Gregson and
et.al., 2020). To develop the effective kind of study skills required to pay attention on the major

areas that directly enhance the value of time and efforts. While developing respective set of skill
in oneself I adopt the own personal approach to study and learn that helps me to meet my own
demand. By approaching own way of study skills I can be able to discover the works matter for
me and what does not. By using respective approach I can be able to focus on the areas of
improvement and can be able to build strategies in positive manner. While developing the study
skills I analyzed that it is not subject specific but generic in nature and can be used while
studying the area. While developing the study skills I develop the concepts, theories and ideas
that surround the specific subject area to achieve out of the studies to remain competitive in
marketplace. In that regards it is very much potential to develop the areas that directly enhance
the experience of an individual to remain competitive in marketplace.
Understanding of the concept of leadership and importance of leadership skills in the
management process.
Leadership is one of the most important aspects that help to lead the people in the definite
direction to achieve the desirable goals and objectives in potential manner (Jenkins and et.al.,
2019). It is very much important for an individual to develop the skills of leadership as it enables
to direct the individuals efforts in the right direction by accessing their skills and capabilities. It
proved very much effective to have the leadership skill in the manager as they need to lead the
group of individuals in achieving the desirable goals and objectives in potential manner.
Leadership is very significant function of management that enables to maximize the efficiency
and achieve the organisational goals and objectives (Fan and et.al., 2019). as leader is an
individual who start the work by effectively communicating in regards of policies and plans to
their subordinates from where they actually initiate their work in effective manner. at the time of
managing people it is required to access the skills and capabilities of an individual and assign the
work and responsibilities so that they can contribute one of their best efforts in organisational
development and enhancement in positive manner. in that regards it is very much potential to
evolve the leadership skills in oneself to coordinate the works and activities in the most potential
manner in order to remain competitive in marketplace. the one of important leaders of the world
consist the CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and many more.

Importance of taking control over the individual personal development planning.
Personal development is very much important for the individual for giving one of own
best efforts in organisational as well as self development in potential manner (Liang and et.al.,
2019). personal development activities that improves the person’s talent, potentiality,
employability, level of consciousness and ability to create wealth. It has been observed that
adults life are shaped by the level of experience and circumstances that received by the family,
neighborhood and school during the formative years. While planning the personal development
required to plan each and every aspect to put one of their best efforts to remain competitive in
marketplace. in the personal development plan consist of the various steps that direct the
individual efforts by establishing the aim and objective, what an individual want to achieve and
what remains that come under the task that need to be consider to achieve the same in positive
manner. by accessing the current position with identification of skills to put one of best efforts to
give one of their best efforts after accessing competence level. In that regards an individual needs
to control over the activities as it directly enhance their value and set the limit that is very much
essential to gain the desirable goals and objectives in positive manner.
Identification of individual strength and weaknesses and way to utilize.
For an individual to access the own abilities and areas of weakness required to evaluate
the SWOT in potential manner that are as follows:
Strength:
 The one of major strength is leading the
people by accessing the areas of skills
and capabilities of an individual to
achieve the desirable goals and
objectives in potential manner.
 The another important strength is
communication that directly helps in
sharing the knowledge and abilities to
build the close relationship with the
employees to attain the desirable
objectives.
Weakness:
 The area of weakness includes the team
building that is very much potential for
an individual to build the group of
individuals that collaboratively working
with one another to achieve the
desirable goals and objectives.
 The another area of weakness that
includes the critical thinking skills that
is potential to analyze the each and
every aspect from the different
perspective to analyze in firm manner.

respective skill contributes in reaching
at valid kind of conclusion.
Opportunities:
 The first and foremost opportunity for
the individual to develop the analytical
skills that helps in solving the difficult
problems that directly enhance the
viability of the business to achieve the
business objectives in order to remain
competitive in marketplace. in that
regards it proved beneficial for the
individual to contribute one of their
best efforts.
Threats:
 The major threat in front of an
individual that is due to not able to
think critically not able to give
decisions that proved beneficial for
each and every individual in potential
manner to remain competitive in
marketplace.
 With the help of effective
communication and leadership skill an
individual can overcome from the
critical thinking skill that is must for
the individual to remain competitive in
marketplace.
From the above discussion it has been evaluated that for an individual it is very important to
focus on the areas that are constantly require the improvements to give one of their best efforts
in development of an individual in potential manner. with the help of personal development by
focusing on the areas of strength and weakness respective individual can be able to overcome
from the threats that hinders their self interest in potential manner.
Individuals areas for professional development.
For the personal and professional development required to analyze the areas of
improvement to develop the key skills and abilities in potential manner (Oswald, 2019). as per
the SWOT analysis it has been analyzed that the major areas of improvement includes the team
building and critical thinking skills that is very important to assign the roles and responsibilities
by analyzing key skills and abilities of an individual to achieve the one of best outcomes in
potential manner. with the individual need to require the decision making ability that is very
much potential by analyzing the key areas of improvement in order to attain the desirable goals
and objectives.

In that regards it is very essential for an individual to focus on the area of improvement
by taking active participation in the events that directly enhance in the value to achieve the
desirable goals and objectives. by active planning and delegation of responsibilities contributes
in achieving potential outcomes.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it has been concluded that personal reflection plays very
important role in accessing the areas of excellence, events and possibilities to achieve the
desirable goals and objectives in potential manner. it has been analyzed that effective leadership
plays very significant role in the organization as it shows the direction to move in the definite
direction. To access oneself required to take help from the personal development that covers
internal strength and weakness of an individual.
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