BSS005 Practice Explored: Audit of Personal Fitness using Gibbs Model

This report presents a personal reflection on skills and knowledge relevant to professional development, utilizing a fitness audit and the Gibbs model of reflection. The author assesses their communication, teamwork, problem-solving, and time management skills. The Gibbs model is applied to analyze these skills through description, feelings, evaluation, and analysis stages, revealing strengths and areas for improvement. The reflection highlights the importance of interpersonal, numeracy, and information skills for career advancement. The report concludes with insights gained from the self-assessment process and the potential for future growth.

PRACTICE EXPLORED
BSS005 - 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Audit of personal fitness..............................................................................................................3
Gibbs model of reflection ...........................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
Books and Journals......................................................................................................................7
Online...........................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Personal reflection is about taking the time to think and evaluate the thought process and
the behaviours of an individual while considering the motivation factors and personal desires. It
helps in paying attention to own thoughts and emotions and learn from them in order to make
better form of decisions (Schmid Mast and et.al., 2018). This report deals with the proper
understanding of wide range of skills which are important to function in the work place. Self
awareness is important to look into own capabilities and work in that specific areas. This report
has provided some ways to make use of different approaches and information sources.
MAIN BODY
Audit of personal fitness
Skills and knowledge both are important not for the academics but for the future career as
well. If any individual has specific skills, then they may have different position in the workplace
as well as in the academics (Dunning and et.al 2018). I have different sk8ills which has helped
me to go beyond in my career. I am good in communication skill but I am still working on it so
that I can express my views, opinions and thoughts.
Apart from this team work skill is also very important in any organisation and professional
world because at the workplace I have to work in a team where I have to work with diverse
people and I have to share my individual ideas and opinions. I am good in team work skill I can
easily work in a team and bring new ideas to the team, because every organisation needs fresh
and innovative idea so that they can use them and produce more quality products and services.
Along with this I have many different skills such as Information and communication skill,
problem solving skill and so on. But I have to work on my time management skills because I am
very work ethic and I spend a lot of time in research for the work whichever they have allotted
me. so I strictly have to work on it.
Gibbs model of reflection
This model is one of the most suitable for self-reflection. This model leads to six different
stages so that individual can easily know their skills and knowledge and they get the opportunity
to improve further.
Description

This stage helps in describing the skills in different situation. For instance, I am good in
communication skill so I can easily take meetings and I can speak in public gatherings and
meetings so that I can share my views and how company can improve working I also explained
this so this skill is my strength (Kressler, 2020). Apart from this, team work skill is my another
skill which has helped to rise in the future, because I had given new ideas to my team so the
work could have completed within deadline. I have problem solving skill as well so that
whenever my team faces any problem and issue I was there to bring innovative ideas to them.
Interpersonal skills are the behaviours which are important in interacting with other
people in an effective manner. It is about the ability which is required to work well with other
people. Numeracy skills is about the way of using and interpreting the mathematical information
in order to solve the real world issues. It requires basic understanding of maths. Information and
communication skills are about having an understanding of applied range of computer programs
and its different other applications. It includes the use of word processing, use of spreadsheets,
making power points and search engines.
Feelings
This stage states about feeling and experience which I had faced during my academics
and career as well. In my academics I was not good at time management skills but I worked hard
and started giving priorities to my work and task so that I can complete the task on given
deadlines. This skill helped me a lot in my career as well. Due to priorities I was able to
complete the given task in given deadlines. This skill has helped me a lot to get good growth in
the future. Besides this, I was constantly working on my communication skill whether it is
written or verbal. Earlier I was not good at verbal communication skill but I improved a lot
because it is one of the important skills which everyone looks for (Scott and et,al 2021). I started
taking participation in public speaking, I was taking part in group discussion activity so that I can
get more chance to speak in front of different people.
Presentation also helps me a lot in improving this skill because, while giving
presentation I had to speak in front of entire audience. Besides this, in my academic’s batch
mates were always there to ask questions. This helped me a lot to increase my communication
skills and also increased my confidence. Along with this, it has helped me a lot in boosting my
confidence as well. So by doing all this I had improved this skill.

I have understood the importance of using interpersonal skills. Skills like Numeracy
skills and information skills are very important for my future career planning. I have felt some
positive aspects in improving these skills and am very confident in learning more it. Numeracy
skills helps me in making sense with the numbers, time and patterns Information skills helps in
organising the heavy workloads and narrowing different processes. It provides access to any
digital information which is required in my work.
Evaluation
This stage speaks about the overall evaluation of the skills and knowledge which I have
earned in my academics and I implemented in my career. I have implement my communication
skill both verbal and written (Stefan and et.al 2020). By having good problem solving skill, I was
able to face all the challenges and issues and I learnt new things from them. Team work skill
helped me a lot in working because I have learnt many new things from other employees which
has helped me a lot to grow in my career. along with this, I tried a lot to not get indulged so
much in the work which lead me to make delay in the work.
I have attained numeracy skills in the very early age of my schooling and has helped me
solve problems and look for solutions. It keeps me looking for solutions and being curious about
it in a good way. I have gained the knowledge of information skills in my higher education. It is
important for me to improve these skills as it is the basic requirement in any job role. I have
interpersonal skills which makes me mingle with other individuals in much easier way.
Analysis
This is one of the important step in which I have analysed my skills and got to know that
whether I have to work more or not. This has helped me a lot in the improving my weak areas. I
have faced various situations in which I have faced different challenges and situations so that I
got to learn many new things, with the help of these skills I got different promotional offers
(Gibb’s reflective cycle, 2020). This has also helped me in improving my strengths so that I can
work effectively. From self-analysation I got to know that on which skills I had to work on. I
focused on my team work skills so that I can easily get communication with all my team mates
and share my opinions as well so the situation of conflict can get reduced. I worked on the time
management skills so that I can complete all the given task within timeframe. So overall this step

helped me a lot so that I can improve my overall skills and I get many new opportunities to
develop.
Interpersonal skills helps in working more effectively while being a part of the team and
is essential in attaining effective communication, expanding the area for opportunities while
building more trust. It helps in maintaining the personal relations and creating a positive image
for myself. Numeracy skills are important for me as it helps in developing logical thinking and
reasoning strategies in the every day activities (Ashraf, and et.al., 2020). It keeps the mind open
and active. Information skills on the other hand is essential for the jobs and provides a sensible
way in attaining competitive advantage over some other candidates. Moreover, it is important for
me in providing new and better ways to interact with people and build network. It will help me
gain information and learn in better form.
CONCLUSION
After analysing the above report, it has been concluded that this report demonstrated
about business practises and its exploration. Along with this it describes about the personal
fitness for the entire business environment as well. This report describes Gibbs model which
states about various stages such as description, feelings, evaluation and analysis which help the
individual to know their weak areas and skills. Along with this, it also speaks about the overall
strength of the individual and how they should implement them in their career.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Ashraf, and et.al., 2020. Negotiating a better future: How interpersonal skills facilitate
intergenerational investment. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 135(2). pp.1095-
1151.
Dunning, D., Heath, C. and Suls, J.M., 2018. Reflections on self-reflection: Contemplating flawed
self-judgments in the clinic, classroom, and office cubicle. Perspectives on
Psychological Science.13(2). pp.185-189.
Kressler, B., 2020. Critical self-reflection as disruption: A Black feminist self-study. Journal of
Culture and Values in Education.3(1). pp.21-38.
Schmid Mast, and et.al., 2018. The future of interpersonal skills development: Immersive virtual
reality training with virtual humans. Human Resource Development Quarterly. 29(2).
pp.125-141.
Scott, J., Yap, K., Bunch, K., Haarhoff, B., Perry, H. and Bennett‐Levy, J., 2021. Should
personal practice be part of cognitive behaviour therapy training? Results
from two self‐practice/self‐reflection cohort control pilot studies. Clinical
Psychology & Psychotherapy.28(1).pp.150-158.
Stefan, C.A. and Cheie, L., 2020. Self-compassion and social anxiety in late adolescence:
Contributions of self-reflection and insight. Self and Identity, pp.1-13.
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