Communication Skills: Personal and Professional Development Analysis

This report delves into the importance of communication skills in personal and professional development. It defines and describes the author's communication skills, identifying them as a key strength and evaluating them through the Johari model. The report explores the attributes, behavioral preferences, and values that underpin this strength, providing examples of how the skill is utilized in various situations. It also addresses the challenges encountered during workshop exercises and the experiences gained, including a lack of knowledge, training, and decision-making skills. The author explains contradictions evident from experiences and how these were overcome, culminating in the analysis of how communication skills will benefit future endeavors. The report highlights the importance of self-awareness, seeking feedback, and continuous improvement. Overall, the report provides a comprehensive analysis of the author's communication skills, their impact on personal and professional growth, and strategies for future development.

Personal And Professional
Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
1. Define and describe the quality..........................................................................................1
2. Evaluate the quality as a strength.......................................................................................2
3. Attributes, behavioural preferences and values underpin this strength..............................3
4. Challenges in the workshop exercise and the experiences ................................................4
5. Contradictions evident from experiences and explained....................................................7
6. Quality benefit in future.....................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional development is the procedure in which an individual or
organisation connected in the process of learning to face the challenges and desire goals. It is
related with the development of desired of an individual as well as group (Brown and Militello,
2016). To recognise and analysis the personal and professional development required to focus on
managerial or leadership skill like time management, creating presentation and stress
management. Every person have a particular quality that make different from other people. It
become strength for him/her in different manner. I have quality of the communication skill that
utilise by me to influence any people in marketing sector and increase profit of the organisation.
To identity the quality in specific manner required to follow the Johari model in which define
about the openness and bind spot and many things. With the help of theory defined about the
quality and relates perspectives. Along with during to workshop exercise face many challenges
that help to gain experiences that use in the future activities.
MAIN BODY
1. Define and describe the quality
Everyone have specific quality that become strength for him/her and it reflects on the
individual's characteristics in set pattern like feelings, thoughts and behaviours. In the personality
traits express stability and consistence to get score in high manner. I have quality of the
communication skill. When I am conducting any classes and work shop that time easily
communicate about any thing that help in my personal as well as professional development. At
my organisation come to understand the things from me because I can explain anything in easy
manner. Communication quality involves thoughts of taste, operating and wholesomeness. The
perceived trustworthiness consist of the familiarity, naturalness, confidence and knowledge of
long term hazards regarding to project. Every person set own criteria regarding to any
personality that time difficult to understand the mentality.
To define the my quality use the theory of the Johari window model. This model define
as a technique that supports an individual to better interpret the relationship with themselves an
others. The particular model developed by the Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham in order to
utilise as self groups and corporate settings as a heuristic effort (Bubb and et. al, 2016). This
theory easily apply regarding to my quality because it is useful tool that mainly utilise by people
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to rising as well as elaborating self awareness in individual as well as in group. The concept of
the Johari model is used to understand the relation between employee/employer relationship at
the work place.
Illustration 1: Johari model, 2019
2. Evaluate the quality as a strength
The quality of the perceiving is helpful in the personal as well as professional life in order
to get success and growth. To evaluate the quality use Johari model that supports in different
perspective to understand people and increase my quality. This model categorised into four
regions like open area, blind area, hidden area and unknown area. The open area known as the
arena where I am know about my personality and other person behaviour, attitudes, emotions so
according to that I am using my quality in this perspective. In the blind spot information use by
other to know about the group where unaware about it. For this require to decrease unawareness
regarding to communication with the help of seeking feedback from others. At this region I am
not aware about me but known to others at the working environment. In the hidden area my
quality to understand me but unknown from others due to have limited number of other people.
In the last unknown area without communication I can not use aware about me and other person.
Through communication I can observe any people and know about the perception regarding to
different things (Maruniakova, Rihacek and Roubal, 2017).
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The quality of the communication become strength for me in different ways because it
helps to explore my skills and present myself in effective manner such as: Develop new idea and
unique ways, Put thoughts and feelings into words, any type of expressions etc. These ways help
to develop my strength effectively. Such as my organisation organise a event where invite to
many business tycoon. In front of them present the presentation about the company and attract to
invest our project that time my quality work as my strength I can take this opportunity and
prepare presentation to present myself and my company in front of every one. As a result my
quality display in front of my colleges and other organisation members.
There is defined the example how to communication quality become strength for me,
during to my training my team leader provide me task to sale out about 25 products. I can accept
the task and get particular time limit due to have good communication skill I am easily influence
to people to buy my product in good price. I can do in in set period of time and get good position
in the organisation. As a student many time get chance to become leader in the project because I
can handle easily all the team members and circulate the work according to their abilities and
compete work on the time.
3. Attributes, behavioural preferences and values underpin this strength
My quality become my strength in different manner that relate with attributes,
behavioural preferences and values. Personal attributes are known as the traits of an individual
where consist of different aspects such as honesty, good sense of humour and being in
dependable. When I am talking with different person that time try to observe the mine through
communication as a result it supports me many time and know the about particular person. My
attributes related with the my strength in order to develop my personal as well as professional
development. The behavioural preferences mainly based on the four types of personality such as
optimistic, trusting, pessimistic and envious (Motallebzadeh, Hosseinnia and Domskey, 2017).
Through my strength I can understand different behaviour type of people and I can analysis
which type of behaviour preferences provide to people according to their behaviour. Through my
strength my values are increasing these are dependability, loyalty, efficiency, honesty and many
others. So there are analysed that different attributes, values and behavioural preferences
attracted with the strength. It increase in positive manner and show positive impact at my work
place.
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Illustration 2: Quality Attributes, 2019
At the work place required to attributes to collect any type of information that utilise by
the business into different aspects. The understanding regarding to attributes define about the
physician prescribing and it will help to recognise the competitive advantages as well as
disadvantages where provide the guidance regarding to business products and services conduct
by me at the work place. Every person have their values that utilise at the critical situation in
order to improve different things. In the business activities meet with the various types of people
and they are working in different manner in order to improve the my persona;l and professional
qualities. My communication quality supports me to improve the business activities and become
my strength at the presentation time. That time requited to influence to people through my
values, integrity and observing power of the behaviour effectively (Ragan, 2018).
4. Challenges in the workshop exercise and the experiences
For the my personal and professional development I was conducting different types of
seminars, work shops. During to my work shop I face many types of challenges that create
problem for me such as:
1) Lack of knowledge about the personality traits: I have not about this in depth so other people
easily grab the information and I taking time to understand these things so makes my position as
slow and present in negative manner in front of top management. Johari model use to unknown
about the many areas. Due to have less knowledge impact on the performance so it is required to
increase knowledge for increase effective performance. Through Johari model identify all the
weakness and know where is required to apply this model.
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2) No knowledge about the improvement: When I have no knowledge about it so it was creating
problem for me because I did not understand in the different situation how to improve and
present in better manner. I have no idea how to improve my knowledge specially in which are
because I feel down in the starting by slowly increase knowledge and collect information about
different things.
3) Education and training: Every person belong different background and have different
education level so impact on the work performance. During to work shop I have not sufficient
knowledge and did not provide effective training that shows negative impact and face the
challenge. To improve my knowledge require to take proper education and training regarding to
information and it is complex to take typical training regarding to specific topics.
4) Challenge of convergent thinking and innovation: According to situation an individual that
their perception regarding to particular things. I have face the convergent thinking that require to
change according to situation. In the different situation require to people thinking that shows
performance affectivity. According to situation take appropriate step regarding to particular task
(Serin, 2017). Many time we think that it is right way but it is not because where I have not
proper guidance so increase the knowledge change the thinking.
5) Lack of knowledge of different models: To increase my personal and professional
development regarding define different model and ask question but I have not knowledge. So I
face the problem to read out all the model and analysis that which theory apply tat this and work
in the different situation effectively. To present into different task require to myself effectively
for this require to proper information about the different model that I have not.
6) Organizational structure and needs: In the organization we can learn many thing but my
organization structure different so it provides training according to that. This time require to
organise different seminar that not successful so for this put needs on main priority to get success
but few people does not make effort and face the failure in the organise seminar and the event.
7) Low decision making: I face different situation at the work place that time require to take right
decision after evaluation but I have not guts to take right decision on right time. This time require
to analysis all the specific situation that time require to take suggestion from my senior. Many
times in the critical situation I can not take proper decision. So for this require to analysis all the
condition then take decisions in different situation.
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(8) I feel low when other people have good knowledge as compare me and I was disappointed
because I have sufficient skill and know many weak points regarding to my personality that
impact in negative manner on my work.
(9) Low motivation: Many times I have not sufficient motivation regarding to situation that time
require to take guidance from the expertise then analysis the situation. If situation in not in
favour so it shows bad impact on the personality.
So these challenges face by me during to work shop that time I gain every type of
experience which is useful in my personal and professional development. To the development
required to focus on little things these related to my work and improve my quality and put as my
strength. To sort out all the problem I can use the Johari model that help at every step to show
right way and how to go in right direction. Through different areas I know myself and other
regarding to working activities. I gain positive experiences because every person become extra
ordinary and get success for longer period of time. To learn different things I make effort in
order to decrease challenges (Wagner and et. al, 2018).
Illustration 3: Creative worksop, 2018
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5. Contradictions evident from experiences and explained
Contradiction evident means a situation as well as idea where a person in opposition to
one another. The particular term utilise for the general phrase that used to defined about the
statement and keep opposite ideas. Such as at the my work shop I feel low because I have quality
of the communication skill but I have not sufficient knowledge so how to present myself in front
of every one. The major evident is due to performance appraisal I was doing hard work to get
upper position at the my organisation so this time I was presenting every presentation full
confidence and present every information in front of management. At the time of appraisal every
one expect that this position got by me but it got by another person that was worst situation for
me. So in many cases our weakness show negative impact on the performance and face the
problem regarding to personal and professional development. I have quality of the good
communication skill but along with have many weak points. These points more than the strength
so I was not getting that position but take good experience and improve myself on personal and
professional level. It works positive manner to grab the opportunity.
My organisation organise the event where every person present their project that time I
am leader of the group and give responsibility to present my project. That time I have good
communication skill to discuss with the other person but due to lack of knowledge of about
project I am not able to perspectively present and provide chance to another person to present the
project. So in my life I face many situation that time my strength of the communication skill is
not work properly due to my some weak points. I am thinking that the through communication
skill influence to any people but I was wrong because to present my information in front of every
one require to have proper knowledge that helps to present yourself effectively. It happen with
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me because I don't collect overall information about the project or topic that make weak from
other in the communication skill (Wareing and et. al, 2017). My organization conducts an event
where I was selected for the presentation because of good communication skill but in the end
another person got the chance. Due to lack of knowledge regarding my project, make me unable
to present in front of huge audience. I face various challenges where my strength does not work
or impact my personal or professional development. I think that effective communication skill is
enough to get success or achieve something but now I realise that knowledge is also required for
their growth
6. Quality benefit in future
The quality of the communication skill is beneficial for me in present time as well as in
future. There are defined different benefits from communication skill such as:
(a) Providing clarity and direction: Through this skill get clarity and right guidance regarding to
any challenge that face in the particular project. In future if I get big opportunity that time
through communication I can take suggestion from different types of people and reduce the
problem that come in the project.
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(b) Increase productivity: It helps to increase productivity of me as well as organisation because I
can collect all the relevant information regarding to any project. On the basis of these
information get success in my project.
(c) Encourage for team building: When I am communicating with experience people so they are
providing me suggesting regarding to work and provide trick how to improve my position in the
organisation and achieve my goals effectively.
(d) Develop better relationship: Through good communication improve the relationship between
colleagues and in personal life with friends and family members. To listen carefully providing
quality feedback that supports individual feel heard and understood.
(e) Increase engagement: In the marketing field communication is most important to engage with
the different types of customers. If I am presenting effectively in front of customers. People
feeling more confident in the work and their understanding of what they need to do after that
they become more connected with the entire work. Increase engagement boost the satisfaction
among the team members (Zein, 2016).
(f) Promote team building: through mu communication skill I can promote my company products
and play efficient role in my organization in order to address all the problems in effective
manner. The management provide responsibility to me for team management and I can guide
them according to my skills and proper information that how to influence people in effective
manner.
(g) Creates better relationship: Through my communication skill I can talk every one and
influence through my ideas. As a result it helps top create good relation with the management. I
can get chance of higher position in the business to collect the business opportunities effectively.
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To develop my strength I can focus on those weak points that impact on the my strength.
I can attend various work shops to improve my skills effectively than communicate with the
experience people that guide me how to take right decision in the critical situation. Through my
quality increase the self awareness in the personal as well as professional life. My strength is part
of the conclusion where define how to it works effectively to explore my skills in another field
and achieve good experience. It will helpful to fulfil the my all expectations in proper manner
and get chance to become good manager in reputable organisation.
CONCLUSION
As per the above report it has been concluded that for an individual personal as well as
professional development both are important in order to get success for longer period of time. To
achieve success required to apply effective model that defined the personality and their
utilisation in to different business contexts. I have experience in the work shop in positive
manner and increase my all weak points. There are defined how to strength is not working
properly if situation is not in favour. My strength is become beneficial in future if utilise in right
manner because it provide many advantages to me regarding to my future activities.
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