Effective Communication & Improving Performance: Reflective Piece

TITLE: Effective Communication & Improving Performance, & how this
influenced My performance, behaviour & experience. Reflective
piece (1000 WORDS)
INTRODUCTION
What are you going to do?
Are you going to use any models?
Here you can reword: This piece of reflective writing utilises Driscoll’s model of
reflection (1994, 2000); and I will discuss my
experiences at work/in education where I
demonstrate effective communication and the
process that enabled me to improve my performance
in the table below:
1. What? 350 words A description of the situation or event
Description of a situation or event which
enabled you to improve performance because
of effective communication
What is/was the Purpose?
The following project is a reflection which is
related to my personal experiences which I had to
deal with in order to complete my research. This
reflection is having a relation with communication
skills which play a very important part in personal
and professional life of a individual (Driscoll 1994)
In the initial stages my communication skills were
nit so good and I was not prepared that how I will
be able to express myself in front of audience.
What happened in the
event/scenario?
There was a task given to us by teacher in which
he had to prepare a speech on a current economic
topic and also power point presentation had to be
made on the chosen topic. This activity mainly
focussed on what are various communication skills
which we all posses.
What did I see/do during the
event?
In the course of event I was allotted a team which
had 5 members and we all have to prepare
individual speech on a particular topic and here
was a group presentation which we had to make.
All my team members had there own personalities
some were very intelligent, some had excellent
communication skills and some were average. I
was very tensed as I knew I have to develop
adequate skills to deliver my speech in an

effective manner.
What was my reaction to it?
In the actual event, there were many feelings
which I was experiencing such as nervous,
anxious, happy, excited and many different
feelings as I knew in have prepared the speech
but I was not sure whether I will be able to deliver
it in or not in the required manner.
What did other people do that
were involved in this?
Other team members were also assigned some
particular tasks as there was one topic and its
different dimensions were assigned to each
member in the team. Such as finding data,
choosing a relevant sector, analysis of collection
data and final conclusion and preparation of
presentation (Austin and Pinkleton, 2015)
How did they react or what
did they do as a result of it?
All the group member had a very positive
response to various task which were assigned to
them as they all were very determined in working
towards their assigned topic.
2. So What? 350 words Analyse the Event
How did I feel at the time of
the event?
When I have to describe about my feelings in the
whole course of my experience was really a lot
nervous and there was a lack of confidence. The
main reason behind this is that I was doing this
first time.
Were those feelings I had any
different from other people
who were involved at the
time?
It can be possible that behaviour ad nature of
every individual is different from another. It is not
easy to predict any person or judge anyone but I
felt was that every member of my team was
equally nervous, even those who had very
effective communication skills were not very
confident.
Are my feelings now, after the
event, any different from what
I experienced at the time?
There is a difference, in feelings such as before
the project I experienced lot of nervousness and
after project there was a completely different set of
feelings which I was experiencing. Was at a
different level. I felt that now everything is in my
control and project has been successfully
completed.
Do I still feel troubled, if so, in
what way?
There are many issues which are related to scope
of improvement which I can feel. Such as there is
a need that the overall communication can be