Understanding Self and Others: A Reflective Personal Development Plan

UNDERSTANDING SELF AND OTHERS
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Executive Summary
The personal development plan presented has been prepared to examine my
strengths and weaknesses with respect to four core skills namely “focus and
attention”, “time-management”, “public speaking” and “team-working”. For
offering a reflection on these four skills, I have used the tools of “Johari window”,
“feedback from peers/team members” and “past academic reports”. The
outcome of this analysis was that I have strong time management skills and public
speaking skills, but I lack concentration power and team working skills. I do not lack
extreme level of focus or team working skills, but I am not highly competent with
respect to these skills. Hence, to improve myself and for effective career growth, I
have prepared an action plan for developing these weaknesses.
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................. 4
Reflective Personal Development Plan Journal..........................................................5
Summary and Action Plan.........................................................................................13
Conclusion................................................................................................................ 15
References................................................................................................................16
Appendix................................................................................................................... 18
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Introduction
The term “personal development plan” refers to the procedure of developing an
action plan on the basis of values, awareness, reflection, planning and goal-setting
for personal development with respect to career, relationship, education and self-
improvement (Tasker, 2015). In this report, I would be presenting reflective journals
to identify my strengths and weaknesses to help me in preparation of my personal
development plan. The four skills selected for reflection are “focus and attention”,
“time-management”, “public speaking” and “team-working”.
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