Developing Interpersonal Skills: A Reflective Report

Reflective Report

INTRODUCTION
Personal development plan is a plan with the help of which various actions plan can be
developed by the individual that can support them in improving their various skills and
knowledge. Such plans generally includes aspirations statements of the individuals, strengths and
weaknesses, education and training and many more. In this report such plan is prepared for
which analysis of various skill is done that facilitate the individual in improving the abilities of
dealing with various situations. Various skills that are analyses includes communication skills,
creativity skills, personal and general networks etc.
MAIN BODY
Evaluation of interpersonal skills is needed in order to analyze area of improvement
(Burnard, 2013). As per my self-evaluation I identify some of strengths as well as some major
areas that needed to be improve. These specific areas are -
Interpersonal skill Creativity:
For an individual, it is required to analyze several area of improvement that falls in
working creativity practices (Pichler and Beenen, 2013). Interpersonal skill creativity involves
decision making, problem solving, writing, open-mindedness and so on. On the basis of these
kind of skills individual can develop professionalism as per their career requirement and need.
My objectives towards improvement of my creativity skill is-
SMART objective: To improve interpersonal creativity skills within 1 year by participating in
different situations in order to resolve issues associated with it properly.
I analyze that my problem solving skill needs to be improve within a specific time
duration. Through this, I can easily analyze each and every situation and can make appropriate
decision as per its requirement. Inappropriate problem solving skill can create issues in my
professional career development as it can turn a potentially positive situation into negative one.
Experts and professional views towards such creativity skill is that individual needed to work on
such skills so that issues related to professional areas can be rectified. I will be able to solve
problems at workplace by growing my industry specific knowledge. Some other rectification that
are taking place can be understanding a problem through appropriate research, by leading better

solutions and so on. I always keen to solve my problems either systematically or intuitively.
Therefore, requirement of such solutions needs to be identified as per analyzing issue that can be
related to my workplace or personal compatibility. Improvement of this skill assist me in taking
participation in team working activities so that I can lead it in effective manner. By
implementing appropriate solution, I can easily create strategy in my mind in order to resolve
conflicts that can be related to particular situation. Active listening also plays an important role
in such situation in which I needs to analyze each situation properly by listening views of others.
Interpersonal skill creativity also involves decision making skill in order to take correct
appropriate decision by analyzing requirement of situation. All these area of improvement assist
an individual to develop their career towards professionalism development. Thus, it is useful
form me to consider views of experts in order to improve my interpersonal skill in effective
manner.
Interpersonal skill communication:
Interpersonal communication is a process by which people exchange information, ideas,
feelings with each other (Anderson and et.al., 2016). For an individual, it is required to have
effective communication skill so that they can represent their views and opinion in front of
others. Interpersonal communication is not just about verbal communication but also how non-
verbal communication sent through voice, facial expression, gesture, body language and so on.
For me it is required to have effective communication skill so that can communicate effectively
with others (Chen,2017). Therefore, my objective to improve communication skill is -
SMART objective: To Improve communication skill within 6 months by building direct
interaction with individuals as well as by enhancing active listening skills.
Interpersonal skills involve abilities to build relationship as well as to communicate with
others (Koprowska, 2020). Effective communication skill involves listening, observing, speaking
and empathizing. For me, it is required to analyze several areas that I can improve by
implementing some strategies. Improvement in communication assist me to demonstrate
leadership, lead a team, work with individual who are from diverse culture, enhance abilities to
persuade and inspire other by my opinion and viewpoints. I got some feedback from my seniors
and peers to work on some area as active listening, observing and expressing to improve my
communication skill. On the basis of these kind of skills I can enhance ability to solve problem,