Reflective Journal on Personal Development for Enhanced Leadership

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Understanding Self and Others

Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................3
1. Reflective Journal..............................................................................................................................4
2. Analysis...........................................................................................................................................15
3. Action Plan......................................................................................................................................15
Reference List......................................................................................................................................18
Appendix.............................................................................................................................................19

Introduction
In the recent times there has been several changes in the manner in which the responsibilities
are instantiated both on the professional and personal advents. The demand for alleviating the
personal attributes in accordance to the evolving skill set has become of prime importance
(Mencl, 2016). This in turn has reflected on enunciating the prospect of the individual to
aspire for achieving more out of their career aspirations. The use of the interpersonal skills
has been asserted with the mean dos influences in the subjects of professional ethics and the
personalities taking up these behavioural patterns have resulted in the development of
organisational culture. The roles of the manager have been implied through the opinions and
concepts of professional ethics as well. The reliance of developing interpersonal skills and
employee relations is imperative to impart control within the team (Grace and Cohen, 2016).
The objective of this reflective journal transcend on representing the core competencies of
my personality traits on the lines of evaluation that would help me in developing of my nature
as an influential manager. The plan is assigned in order to work on the identified gaps present
in my attribute set of team working, conflict resolution, time management and focus.

1. Reflective Journal
REFLECTIVE JOURNAL ENTRY PRO-FORMA
Team working
What is the core skill?
The team working is one of the efficacies that asserts on coordinated efforts to inflict on the
means of generating valuable contributions in achieving a particular objective (Dyer, 2016).
The skills of teamwork are important to the alleviation of understanding the interpersonal
skills and reflect on them to impart efficient communication while I work in a group. The
term teamwork further describes on the aspects of identifying the differences in the personal
attributes and build on collective development
Why is this core skill important? Why did I select this skill to reflect on? (use relevant
theories and concepts to support your answer)
In order to assert myself as one of the skilled manager, I think I need to know how to manage
a team effectively. If I have to achieve such efficiencies I belief the skill of team working is
important to the alleviation of my purposes. I lead a small team now and in order to motivate
them to perform optimally I think the possession of the teamwork is necessary. I have opted
for this skill as I have observed through the study in the subjects of Belbin team roles that the
assigning of responsibilities in a team in accordance to the responsibilities is of paramount
importance (Lynch et al., 2016).
Reflect on your current competent regarding this skill. How did you assess your
competence? (use your self-assessment findings, feedback from peers and your tutor,
plus your own reflections on your thoughts, feelings and behaviours to answer this
question)
I have asserted on the means of conducting the roles of relaying the information with clarity
and through the self assessment I can reflect on the efficacies of the interpersonal skills. I
undertook online tests and had transcended on the efficacies of the high scores on working in
an efficient manner and measured my competence level to be on the higher grounds. I have

participated in the training programs and my feedbacks from the tutor, in contrast have
demonstrated absence in the practical application. I think I possess ideologies that would
describe the implications of effective team work but I have not been able to do so with
absolute precision. Therefore I look forward to improve my skill.
Can you identify any contradictions from your analysis above? For example, is there a
match between how you see yourself and how others see you, or not?
I am aware of the fact that I need to possess a bi more practical incursion to effectively
develop my team. I have observed that the higher scores of organising skills are overlapping
with my personal opinions In my perceptions Even though I have been able to manage my
team with the good interpersonal skill but I can still work up on the fields of developing of
my virtues of patience. My friends have provided opinions on the contrary notes of my
irritability quotient being strong whereas my communication skills lack substance.
How will this skill help me in the future? (use references to support your argument)
In order to instantiate the appropriate outcomes of the productivity, the skills of teamwork is
essential as most of the operations are designated through the functioning of department,
which comprises of team (Jelphs and Dickinson, 2016). The possession this skill would also
help me to bridge any cultural gap that is reflected by the employees within the group and
help them to align with the organisational objectives. I think I posses this skill on a basic
level but I need to improve on this skill.
Conflict resolution
What is the core skill?
The conflict resolution is one of the terms that is defined on the lines of advocating a peaceful
solution to the cropping up of the disputes among two or more parties and this will involve
the utilisation of logical approaches on generating collaboration with the team. This skill is
often demonstrated within the organisation and is known to its implementation with the help
of the negotiation abilities. The attributes of controlling the emotions and imparting them on
my behaviour is essential to generate the plausibility of the personalities on the lines of
conflict resolution. The understanding of the cultural differences in the employee base is

paramount to the transcendence on resolving the issues.
Why is this core skill important? Why did I select this skill to reflect on? (use relevant
theories and concepts to support your answer)
I feel this skill is quite important to the progression of a manager as I manage a team that
consist of employees from different ethnic backgrounds. This leads to the proposition of
conflict of interest and possessing this skill would help in addressing this issue. This is
important for the company as well, as I will able to incline them on the lines of the
organisational objectives and help them in achieving the prospects of optimistic organisation
culture. The theory of the Win or Win model has helped in the selecting this skill as one of
the influential factors that are asserted on the means of effective negotiation to accommodate
the conflicting parties by coming to a truce (Coburn, 2015).
Reflect on your current competent regarding this skill. How did you assess your
competence? (use your self-assessment findings, feedback from peers and your tutor,
plus your own reflections on your thoughts, feelings and behaviours to answer this
question)
I have assessed this through the means of the online tool and I have found out that the
features of irritability is going to be sole cause that has hindered my growth in this
department. Thus, I have not been able to reflect on the adequate competent levels that are
required to develop my ability of resolving issues among the employees. The seniors have
similar opinions about my lack of identification of the problems and improper means of
handling it. I feel that I seriously lack in this domain as I often have observed myself in the
position where I have became impatient when the circumstances are dragged for too long.
Can you identify any contradictions from your analysis above? For example, is there a
match between how you see yourself and how others see you, or not?
I seem to be on the pages of liabilities when it comes to the implications of such features.
Their opinions about of my inefficiency in the subjects of prospective negotiation and my
personal perspectives seem to be annotating on the same platforms. I feel the colleagues are
quite right about my approaches in resolving the issues.
How will this skill help me in the future? (use references to support your argument)

As I will be vying my chances in the market about the managerial roles, the possible
scenarios of conflicts are high but I would be able to address them with the assistance
provided by the learning of the conflict resolution. The means of this conflicting resolving
skills helps in increasing employee relations (Wallensteen, 2016).

Time management
What is the core skill?
The term of time management is defined by the activities of planning and asserting effective
control on the expenses of time on the undertakings in order to alleviate the efficiency of the
process. I consider it as an activity that defines the objectives of maximising the overall
benefits of the correlated events that are associated within the conditions of limited times. I
think the advents of time management are more specifically oriented to the scopes produced
by the project development plan. The financial outcomes of the organisation are attributed to
the efficacies of the time management skills and are influential to the attributes of a manager.
Why is this core skill important? Why did I select this skill to reflect on? (use relevant
theories and concepts to support your answer)
As a manager I think it will be necessary for me to achieve things designated at a decisive
milestone and would be able to transcend on the affinities of accomplishing things in a
efficient and in a quicker manner. This will help the company in cutting down on operation
cost. Hence, these reflections could only be met if I possess the skill of time management and
thus it sheds light on its importance. I have selected this skill on the basis of observation
made on the Bucket of Rock theory that would help me in understanding in the manner in
which I would arrange my activities strategically. I also derived ideas from the Lakein abc in
order to identify how to prioritise my tasks (Lahori, 2017).
Reflect on your current competent regarding this skill. How did you assess your
competence? (use your self-assessment findings, feedback from peers and your tutor,
plus your own reflections on your thoughts, feelings and behaviours to answer this
question)
With the help of the online tools I had delved in the assessment of simulation processes
provided by the Mind tools application. The result has generated a high score on my time
management efficacies l have been self-instantiating this skill. I feel this is quite reassuring in
my thoughts of possessing this capability and reflects on reinstating the prowess I would like
to achieve in this skill. I have implementing the learning attained through the theories I have
studied in Bucket of Rock theory while managing my team of 9 members and I have seen to
alleviate my competence in it.

Can you identify any contradictions from your analysis above? For example, is there a
match between how you see yourself and how others see you, or not?
I have observed that the test revolves around providing result on the alignments of
maintaining the work schedules and I feel that is quite on the similar advents that I seem to
believe to be one of my possessions. My tutors have asserted on the aspects that I am able to
complete my tasks within a given a timeline. On the contrary, I have observed that my
colleagues have a different opinion about my time management skills and have implied that I
need to prioritize tasks in a better fashion to lead my team.
How will this skill help me in the future? (use references to support your argument)
The aspects of maintaining the project on a scheduled timeline is necessary to the alleviation
of the managerial attributes (Kerzner and Kerzner, 2016). I want to be the operations manager
in the fast food operations and the aspect of the time management would assist me in
controlling the process, so that the customers are served with fresh foods.

Focus and attention
What is the core skill?
The skills of having provincial beneficiaries of the focus and attention are described by the
advents of providing assertive concentration to the learning on a subject or a discipline. I
think the term of focus and attention is one of the facets that encompass fast scope identities
to be endowed on. It revolves around the corners of generating and promoting a substantial
amount of interest in a particular study and thoughts I have been delving in. I have mainly
asserted my understanding in the skills of assessing the facets of focus to be an influential one
on the proposition of developing a confident personality
Why is this core skill important? Why did I select this skill to reflect on? (use relevant
theories and concepts to support your answer)
I think this aspect of the character to be the platform where I will lay emphasis in order to
alleviate the aspirations of achieving more out of my career aspirations. I think I possess this
attribute as I have put in a lot of efforts while I used to delve in the activities of transcending
on the purposes of the seminars where business leader used to express their ideas . I feel the
competencies on the extent of focus that is required in order to instantiate on such logical
intensive discussion and is important to the understanding of the predicaments reflected by
my team
Reflect on your current competent regarding this skill. How did you assess your
competence? (use your self-assessment findings, feedback from peers and your tutor,
plus your own reflections on your thoughts, feelings and behaviours to answer this
question)
I used to, particularly take interest in the disciplines of reading the motivational books and
theories. The features of referring to the insignia of learning the theories related to them is
quite arduous in the first attempt. It did deter me from deviating adrift but I kept on trying in
understanding the concepts. This demonstrates that I possess focus and the driving factor is
the interest.
Can you identify any contradictions from your analysis above? For example, is there a
match between how you see yourself and how others see you, or not?

I want to be a operation manager tand this requires a tremendous amount of focus in the
fields of understanding the intricate focus theory and the cognitive approaches. I have used
the Gibbs reflective cycle in order to assess my learning in the departments that are related to
my aspirations of being one of the influential manager and found the above analysis on the
contradiction note.
How will this skill help me in the future? (use references to support your argument)
I feel I have allocated substantial information on the resourcing of the articles and journals
while studying the theory. I had undertaken thorough research and did not stop until I was
satisfied with the knowledge I have gained on it. My aspirations to be an operation manager
would be asserted through the means of effectively accomplishing the processes within the
stipulated times. I feel my assertions require improvement in my skills. The prospect of
inclining the purposes of focus is primary to the development of the individual (Lucas et al.,
2016).

2. Analysis
The assessment performed on the scales of the online analysis tools, feedbacks from peers
has assisted me in providing valuable insights to the assertions of my personal skills on the
subjects of time management skills, focus and attention, conflict resolution and team
working. I have based my learning on my personality traits would help me in understanding
the attributes I have and I should possess in order to transcend on the efficacies of the roles
played by a manager. The personality tests have ascended on the scores of highlighting
higher values in the team management and efficiency. The fields in the professional
opportunities are guaranteed by the means of accheuveing the purposes of working
efficiently. The key strength and weakness has been recognised and has been mentioned in
the following:
Strength
 I have proficient communication skills
 I have proficiency in instigating intensive teamwork capabilities and asserting on the
limes of sharing responsibility when my team underperforms
 I am quite well organised and good at managing time efficiently in the assertion of
developing the company objectives
 I have higher amount of scopes in the field of assertive attention
Weakness
 I am quite limited with use of negotiation skills in the domains of resolving the
conflict issues
 I have liabilities in regards to the managing skills of reducing the tendencies of my
impatient behaviour
 I have often come across problems in losing focus due to my irritability inclinations
 My analysis is demonstrated on the three areas of personal development : conflict
resolution, focus and team working.
3. Action Plan
The action plan is devised in order to address the issues that I am facing in my development
as one of the senior managers. My goal includes the alleviation of my roles in the subjects of