Reflective Report and Career Portfolio

Running head: REFLECTIVE REPORT AND CAREER PORTFOLIO
REFLECTIVE REPORT AND CAREER PORTFOLIO
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Executive Summary
The report reflects on the my transition from Project Manager to Project Director and my
insights on the skills I developed during the span of six years of my work experience. The report
also highlights the various aspects of my test results, my innate capacities in handling diverse
projects and my deficiencies. A detailed self-assessment and self-development report has been
depicted focusing on my strengths and weakness. The report discusses my abilities to as Project
Manager and Project director and pivotal role played by me in the different firms in which I have
worked. The report also analyzes the on the leadership skills I have nourished in the phase of
MY post-MBA career.

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Introduction
The report reflects on the experience and learning gathered and implemented on the real ground
and explore my personal strength and shortcomings. The report documents my insights on
handling different projects and handling the complex problems which frequent the project. My
initially vulnerable moments from where I started to later transforming into an experienced and
enthusiastic leader leading a team to undertake complex projects with ease. The report also
reflects on my personal strength built, self-development and improvisation in management of
different tasks. The study also explores the process of working the emotional intelligent in a real
life situation. It helped to be empathetic in sorting issues of the team members, enhance
synchronization in a team and develop mutual trusts and confidence within the team. It also
helped me to integrate the diverse management principles in undertaking different projects across
the globe. It is quintessential to understand the core principles as it is directly applicable in
ground reality while undertaking different projects domestic as well as international. I also learnt
that there will be diverse issues while undertaking any project but the strength lies in taking the
command proactively and easing the situation with utmost perfection. I have realized every
problem is an opportunity to excel and immense confidence among the team to handle the
situation. Nurturing a confidence among the team members is vital for the performance and
productivity.
Self-Assessment
I have been a proactive team member over six years of my career in which I have delivered many
international projects with exemplary success. Gaining knowledge and inculcating the discipline
to deliver the projects within the deadline has been my priority. My personal strength is built on

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the strong foundation of leadership skills which has refine and improved over a long period time.
My communication skills are now more articulate and expressive which has helped me to
synchronize the diverse task according to the expertise. Sorting issues with more ease has been
I have honed my caliber and skills in delivering international projects which comprised of
technical experts and consultants from across the globe. Time management and working under
pressure in a multitasking mode has been a crucial part of my work experience. I have applied
the strategic management skills various projects which have been delivered successfully.
Building long term relationships with customers and stake holders was integrated in my job
profile which has helped me to create confidence, trust and mutual understanding with the people
has helped him to improve my productivity and enhance my skills in handling the crisis more
articulately (Gupta 2013). My aim was to assess the requirement of the task adequately prior its
execution. Exploring my innate quality to handle work pressure has come as a surprise to me as
now I can work with ease and confidence. I have gained enough confidence to handle the tasks
systematically and prompt action plan in the respective project. Being a project manager, I have
dealt with complex and emergency situations which has been frequently popped during the
execution of the projects. Working in the dynamic environment has enabled me to work with
utter confidence and deploy my learning in the ground realities. The concepts of risk
management has been beneficial to tackle the tough situations in managing diverse projects. The
challenging situations cropped during the project has enabled me to become more alert in vetting
and planning the project systematically and fix the loopholes in a multipronged approach.
Collaborative approach with expertise, managing the team and guiding the specialists in the right
direction according to the need of the project has been pivotal to my work. There were times
where I had to push my limits and combat the difficulties which has additional experience in my