Developing Self-Confidence for Effective Performance

The assignment discusses the significance of self-confidence in personal and professional development. It emphasizes the need for individuals to possess self-confidence to perform tasks effectively and influence large populations. The report also touches on the importance of public speaking ability in meeting task requirements.

Skill Audit and
Personal Development
Plan
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1.0. Introduction...............................................................................................................................4
2.0. Skills audit and Development...................................................................................................4
2.1. Team working skills..................................................................................................................5
2.2. Communication skill: ...............................................................................................................7
2.3. Experience using ~Gibb’s Experiential Learning.....................................................................7
3.0. Personal development planning................................................................................................8
3.1. Ability to make decision: .........................................................................................................9
3.2. Public Speaking: ......................................................................................................................9
3.3 Self Confidence: ........................................................................................................................9
4.0 Conclusion (You must include this in your work)...................................................................10
5.0. References...............................................................................................................................11
6.0. Appendices..............................................................................................................................12
Appendix One: PDP Plan (Use the recommended template on Canvas)..................................12
Appendix Two: You must include annotated CV – (see sample on canvas).............................12
Appendix Three: (You must include team agreement Form)....................................................12
Appendix Four: (You must include Minutes of the team meeting) ..........................................12
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1.0. Introduction
Employability skills are said to be the skills which an individual required while
performing tasks within an organisation or while working on a project. It has been analysed that,
for having effective employability skills, education level plays a crucial role (Asah, Fatoki and
Rungani, 2015). In the present report, case scenario which has been taken that is of fund raising
in regards to the teenage cancer research. This is going to be presented considering the name of
Limo group. Report is going to be enclosed with Audit and evaluation of key skills, teamwork
skills, Gibbs model of reflection and lastly a proper personal development research in planning is
going to be executed that will help in understanding the topic which has been chosen in depth
considering the role of fundraisers. Along with this, the main aim of this report is to analyse the
on employability skills and ways through which they can be improvised within an individual.
2.0. Skills audit and Development
Skill development is mainly related to a process which is done in order to effectively
identify a person skill gap along with further developing those skills (Noe and et. al., 2017). This
process acts as a one the beneficial element with the help of which an individual can effectively
able to determine their abilities to execute their predetermined plans.
Skill development plan is one of the best effective tools which help an individual to
achieve their professional growth. As this will help a person to identify their those skills which is
required to be accomplished by them further they can create a skills development plan which will
prove effective for them to outline detailed approach towards skill development. Mentioned
below there are some skills which is required by me to be develop:
Skills audit is said to be an effective approach which is being utilised by an individual at
the time of analysing his or her own skills in specified time frame (Eraut, 2014). Being a part of
Limp Group, my journey has started while raising funds for teenage cancer through identifying
all the gap in between the desired position and the actual position of the skills that an individual
is having. In order to conduct a well-known research on the chosen topic i.e. fundraising for
teenage cancer research, me and Limo group's members has gone through range of difficulties
which has helped us in finding out different range of skills that we were not aware of before.
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Required skills
Teamwork skills Decision making skills
Time management skills Problem solving skills
Communication skills Collaborative skills
In present context, I have gone through different cases, which helped me to find out to
work on different range of skills and these are, interpersonal skills, decision making,
communication and time management as well (Goldman, Scott and Follman, 2015). Considering
the audit skills it can be said that I am having 6 out of 10 ratings within the decision making
skills and what is needed for me to become a good leader to raise funds for the Teenage cancer to
have at least 9 ratings out of 10 within the same. Along with this, considering the audit scale it is
required for me to have around 8 out of 10 ratings within the communication skills and at the
moment I am having around 6.5 or7 out of 10. Method and the last skill which is need to be
taken care of And that is., time management. Based on the findings considering the audit skills,
it can easily be said that I am having around 5.5 out of 10 as my rating regarding the same. In
order to become a successful leader for a fundraiser for the research campaign, it will be required
for me to have at least 9.5 out of 10 ratings. A detailed analysis within the investigation on the
chosen skills are being done beneath:
2.1. Team working skills
This skill aids an individual to manage their work in an effective manner in a flexible
way and in an collaborative manner. Along with this, by having strong team working skill I
undertake my work even under in changing conditions, rules, environment and management. As
there are different types of individuals who have different set of nature for example, some are
soft spoken while some are harsh.
Basis Areas to be covered Desired position
Team working skill Building effective
relationships with other team
members While leading them
towards their tasks (5 out of
10). Due to, I was less
Communicating with others
and focusing on their point of
views through which
maximum benefits can be
gained while performing the
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capable of understanding
what other group member's
were saying to me at the time
of group discussions.
task (9.5 out of 10). This will
lead me to enhancing the
discussion power in my own.
Assigning tasks to individuals
as per the requirements (6.5
out of 10)
To identify the capabilities of
the individual (member
working in the team) with the
help of getting 10 out of 10
rating within this area of the
skull (Jackson and Wilton,
2016).
With the help of above mentioned table, it can be said that there are two areas in which I
am weak which might impact upon my overall performance while conducting the research for
raising the funds for teenage cancer. These two specific areas are building effective relationships
and assigning tasks to individuals within the team. Both of these are comprehended underneath
in a detailed manner.
Building relationships: While focusing on this area of teamwork skill I can say that, it is
not an easy task for a person to build up relations with other members because they might have
different range of perceptions regarding the same topic which mirror is conflicts among then.
This could be understood with good example where, me and one of my teammate were
discussing in the meeting is that we should develop a Facebook page and start collecting the
funds for teenage cancer. But what he said was that it is not a good idea and ask for opening a
page building a page on Instagram rather than Facebook. This raise conflict among both which
impacted negatively upon overall performance as well. This could easily be resolved through
focusing upon Darwin’s theory which indirectly help me and my teammates in developing a
good relationship with each other while performing different range of tasks light marketing in
regards to teenage cancer, giving task to each other as per the capabilities and many more other
things as well. If it is talk about me, it is required for me to develop the skill because this will
directly help me in in developing or working hours different range of upcoming assignments
within the university (Jackson, 2014).
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Assigning tasks: another crucial area, which is required to be studied in a proper sense in
order to maximize the benefits of a project or while working within the project as it will directly
e loosen up the situation where a person me directly attend daily tasks objective with an ease.
Under this as well, Belbin’s theory can easily be implemented because it requires a team worker
and this is what Belbin’s theory teaches. I found out that, the rating which was given to me was
right because I was afraid of assigning wrong task to wrong person because of the unknown
skills all the knowledge my teammate was having while conducting the investigation regarding
teenage cancer. While working in the Limo group, it can easily be said that working on the
cancer topic which is already a sensitive one among people an individual would require to focus
upon perceptions what others are thinking.
Then only I can easily Grab a good position within the team through which proper
conduction will take place of the research (Lee and et. al., 2016).
2.2. Communication skill:
Communication skills mainly include different types of essential elements within it such
as, writing; listening and speaking all these skills are required by me to be effectively developed.
With the help of I can effectively able to connect and communicate with different types of
individuals. As every person have different attributes thus effective communication will help me
to handle different prospects of person. Furthermore, communication skills will benefit me to
effectively communicate with individuals and make them understand the real cause of my
fundraising which is related to collecting money for those kids who are suffering from cancer
(Sargeant and et. al., 2015).
2.3. Experience using ~Gibb’s Experiential Learning
While going through, the project there were many good and bad moments that I
experienced at the time of performing different range of tasks. A situation that I am going to
share here using Gibb's experiential learning model was actually a bad experience, which
impacted negatively on overall performance level of my own and of project as well. A detailed
discussion of Gibb's Model presenting the problem is given underneath:
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Description
Basically, what happened was all the team members and I faced a communication gap
related problem and this raised a number of conflicts among all the team mates. This impacted
negatively upon overall performance of team because perceptions of team's individuals were not
meeting.
Feelings
What I felt at the time of performing task was, none of team members were following the
instructions given by me or any other individual who has an idea of performing the task in much
more smarter and shorter way.
Evaluation
Based on my thinking, at the time when team members were giving their thoughts, has
helped me out in thinking out of the box. It means, how a complex problem can be solved was
one of the crucial application.
Analysis
In present context, it can easily be said that I have learnt that, people carries their own
perception and like to dominate others and believes in only thing, which they are willing to do in
regards to a particular subject.
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Conclusion
Here, it is being summarised that having a good conversation with team members would
help in meeting all the requirements in specified time frame.
Action Plan
Considering the above mentioned information, an action plan is basically developed
where all the collection of data and information shared by team members will directly look into
all the aspects of what team mates has considered in their own thoughts.
3.0. Personal development planning
Personal Development Plan is a lifelong process, constantly reviewed, that aims to
facilitate ongoing employability through improving workplace skills and required knowledge.
Whatever aspirations you hold are transformed into a workable plan of action through drafting
and implementing a structured process that takes into account current learning, transferable
skills, further training requirements and perceived obstacles to overcome.:
Personal Development plan effectively provides a framework that will help an individual
to identify area of their weaknesses and strength. Further, it helps them to come up with an
effective guide which will benefit them to increase and make capitalization in order to increase
existing capabilities. In addition, with this, it aid an individual to effectively make identification
of those of their skill which is required to be set by them in order to increase their personal
empowerment. Personal development planning is a formative procedure that leads towards
effective creation of action based plan on values, goal-setting, reflection and planning for
personal development in relation to self-improvement, career, education or relationship. Thus,
personal development plan holds great significance for me, as with the help of this I can able to
learn more about my strength and weaknesses and make further plan to develop, increase and
overcome my strength and weakness on simultaneous way.
3.1. Ability to make decision:
This is another one of the highly required skill for me. As with the help of this skill I can
effectively able to identify complex problems and further make review on related required
information. This will further benefit me to effectively analyse different types of options and
implement accurate solutions.
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3.2. Public Speaking:
This is one of the highly required skills which I want to acquire. With the help of public
speaking skill I can confidently be able to stand in front of large population crowd and
communicate them with my fundraising cause. This is one the very crucial skill which is requires
to build a self confidence practise among me. Furthermore, with help of this skill I can able to
deal with any nature of person and tell them about my fundraising cause along with this skill will
benefit me to express my real opinion towards them and my actual requirement to raise funds for
cancer patient kids in order to help them.
3.3 Self Confidence:
Self-confidence is an aura with the help of which one can effectively able to convince
any nature of person. This is one of the highly required skills for me as this helps me to believe
in myself and my abilities. As with the help of self-confidence I can easily able to pursue my
work and can influence large population towards my cause which is related to raising money for
cancer suffering kids. Thus, with the help of formative self-confidence skill I can able to
overcome any situation that will come in my way.
4.0 Conclusion
With the help of above mentioned report, it can easily be said that self-confidence is
basically required for every single individual at the time of performing a particular task related to
a project. Along side this, it is also said that public speaking ability would lead the individual in
meeting all the requirements of a task and more.
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5.0. References
Books and Journals
Asah, F., Fatoki, O. O. and Rungani, E., 2015. The impact of motivations, personal values and
management skills on the performance of SMEs in South Africa. African Journal of
Economic and Management Studies. 6(3). pp.308-322.
Eraut, M., 2014. Developing knowledge for qualified professionals. In Workplace learning in
teacher education (pp. 47-72). Springer, Dordrecht.
Goldman, E. F., Scott, A. R. and Follman, J. M., 2015. Organizational practices to develop
strategic thinking. Journal of Strategy and Management. 8(2). pp.155-175.
Jackson, D. and Wilton, N., 2016. Developing career management competencies among
undergraduates and the role of work-integrated learning. Teaching in Higher
Education. 21(3). pp.266-286.
Jackson, D., 2014. Testing a model of undergraduate competence in employability skills and its
implications for stakeholders. Journal of Education and Work. 27(2). pp.220-242.
Lee, S. C. and et. al., 2016. A comprehensive survey of government auditors’ self-efficacy and
professional Development for improving audit quality. SpringerPlus. 5(1). p.1263.
Noe, R. A. and et. al., 2017. Human resource management: Gaining a competitive advantage.
New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.
Sargeant, J. and et. al., 2015. Facilitated reflective performance feedback: developing an
evidence-and theory-based model that builds relationship, explores reactions and
content, and coaches for performance change (R2C2). Academic Medicine. 90(12).
pp.1698-1706.
Siriwardane, H. P., Kin Hoi Hu, B. and Low, K. Y., 2014. Skills, Knowledge, and Attitudes
Important for Present‐Day Auditors. International Journal of Auditing. 18(3). pp.193-
205.
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6.0. Appendices.
Appendix One
Appendix Two
Appendix Three
Appendix Four
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