Reflective Journal: Personal Skill Development, Weaknesses, and Future

This reflective journal analyzes personal skill development, focusing on long-term learning, interpersonal skills, and communication skills. The journal begins with an introduction to the importance of skill development for professional growth, followed by an examination of core skills through three 'Per forma' sections. The first 'Per forma' explores long-term learning, discussing its importance, personal competencies, weaknesses, and future aspects. The second section delves into interpersonal skills, covering their relevance, personal strengths, weaknesses, and future development. The third section addresses communication skills, highlighting their significance, personal competencies, and future applications. Each section includes a review of relevant theories and practical applications. The conclusion summarizes the key findings and the references section lists all the sources used. The journal emphasizes self-assessment and strategic planning for improved professional performance.

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Per forma 1.......................................................................................................................................1
Per forma 2.......................................................................................................................................3
Per forma 3.......................................................................................................................................5
Per forma 4.......................................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Individual should continuously try to develop various skills in his behaviour to grab
various growth opportunities in the life. Competent skill set is the group of different skills and
competencies which are required to perform particular task and job effectively. While
developing personal development plan of an individual the person should carry out of assessment
in order to identify various strength and weaknesses and the his competence to complete specific
job. In this reflective report my skills which are important for performing various task effectively
are analysis and the weaknesses in the working is also evaluated in order to find out different
future aspect for personal development plans and activities (Andersson, 2010). This is defined
that I am developing various skills in order to accomplish various skills to perform in the
working environment effectively. I should also look out for the future prospects that are available
to me after implementation of personal development plan effectively in practice. In this
particular reflective journal various skills development strategies are planned out like long term
learning, interpersonal skills, communication skills.
Per forma 1
Core skills- Long term learning skill
These are the skills which helps in developing the skills of knowledge and learning in behaviour
which provides the person to learn for long term and utilise his skills and knowledge for longer
time period in practices. In the reflective report, it can be reviewed that I am trying to improve
my long term learning skills through various types of exercises and actions scheduling practice.
This is the skill which helps in completing my task by using previous learned knowledge and
skills in behaviour. These skills helps to me in faster learning and adaptability in new working
environment.
Importance- Cognitive load theory is given by Richard Atkinson and Richard Shiffrin in 1968
in order to analyse the competence of an individual while developing long term learning in
practices (Beausaert, Segers and Gijselaers, 2011). This theory is having great relevance in
developing skills and competencies for the long term learning for the personal development
plan of individual. I am constantly following this particular theories of cognitive load theory in
order to develop long term learning in practical. I am using the various aspects of this theory
like sensory, working and long term learning aspects to develop the skills and knowledge
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according to the stage of development.
Personal competence- The various competencies of an individual helps in developing the long
term learning. The personal strength of an individual stated to the long term learning provide
higher effectiveness in work. I am having good interest in personal study and learning which
helps in enhancing my knowledge and the I am continuously engaged in rehearsing the learning
which helps in keeping the things in mind for longer time period. I am developing good long
term learning skills in order to utilise my skills as an strength for garbing future growth
opportunities.
Personal weaknesses- Identification of weaknesses is the important aspect for any of the
development plan as this provide a action plan for overcoming these weaknesses in behaviour to
act confidently in external working environment. As an individual I am having some weakness
in relation to the development of long term learning is that I am not passionate and I have to
develop dome of the motivational factor for developing self study in my practices. I am also
facing some problem in keeping the things in long term memory which I have to develop
through various exercises of memory enhancement in practice.
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Source 1: THEO DOMBROWSKI, 2016

Future aspects- The learning skills is having great importance in the practical life as this
provide better growth opportunities to people. This is helps in providing higher communication
in the employment market as the more knowledgeable person is more compatible to perform an
particular task as compared to other. The person can important its learning in the working
environment to provide better future growth aspects to this own career as well as to profitability
of firm. I can use my academic learning and the actions, competencies developed during my
past life events can be helpful in increasing mine efficiently in completing the task and
accomplishing job targets and goals efficiently.
Per forma 2
Core skills- Interpersonal skill
These are the skills helps in maintaining good relationship with the people in society,
subordinates and collogues in working environment. These skills helps in enhancing the
motivation of individual in many folds and also helps in dealing confidently with the other
people. Interpersonal skills are the competencies of an individual which helps in maintaining
efficient intention with others and also helps building good working relationship in the
environment. The interpersonal skills of mine helps in communicating to other and helps
interacting with the sub-ordinates and manages the work in team effectively. I am having good
interpersonal skills and can maintain an good interpersonal relation with the other peoples
effectively.
Importance- There is great relevance of development of good interpersonal skills in the
behaviour. Interpersonal skills helps in increasing the strength and confidence level of the
individual to represent in front of the others effectively. Uncertainty Reductions Theory is
helpful in development of good interpersonal skills in the actions of individual (Chen, Bao and
Huang, 2014). I can follow up this respective theory in development of my personal skills
effectively in the working environment to make good interaction and relationship with other
people. This theory particular theories considers the three stages of development of effective
interpersonal skills in actions which involves the entry stage, personal stage and the exit stage.
The entry stage helps me to develop an basic interaction with the people to know about him.
This is the first introduction in the meeting of two people. While next to this I will try to
communicate with the person in order to understand the other individual behaviours, actions
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and tastes and preferences which helps in maintaining and good trustworthy and interactive
relationship with him. Most of the relations are strengthened in this stage. I can developed an
good relationship through interacting confidently and with showing huge interest to interact
with the person. These skills highly beneficial in development large networks in working
environment and also helps in carrying out tasks and jobs in coordination with higher
satisfaction and confident level in working environment. While some time there is conditions of
unfruitful relationship and incompatibility between the two people and they are unable to
manage the relationship of good interaction then they exit with the relationship. Here are the
problem arises because the person is not having good interpersonal skills and incompetence to
develop good profitable interaction with they other people. This effect the personal develop and
and the growth of organisation both.
Personal competence- The individual should have various competencies in the behaviour which
helps in developing good interpersonal skills. This helps in enhancing the strength of the the
individual. These skills and personal competence really helpful in development of an effective
level of interpersonal skills in nature. The individual can bring various type of the compatibility
in the behaviour in order to enhance the interpersonal skills in personal development. I am
having good representable skills and can express my views in front of the persons effectively. I
can interact with the individual confidently and is enable in making healthy relationship with
the others. In order to develop good professional career I should be expressive and influence too
in order to make good working and efficiently network in working environment. I am having
good communication actions skills and interactive skills. I also have good trustworthy
competencies that I build good relationship with the other person and maintains trustworthy and
loyalty in the relations which helps in developing an long term strong relationship with the other
people. I have various competence strength related to the development of interpersonal skills
like I am impressive, expressive, influencer and also have good interacting skills which helps in
influencing other person and making good communicable and working relationship with them.
Personal weaknesses- I am having some of the weaknesses that restricts in the development of
the personal skills and interpersonal skills. I have shy nature while interacting with the other
people. This is having great restriction in development of good network and making relation
with the other subordinates and the colleagues. Shy nature of mine creates huge problem in
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development of good relationship with the people. This creates an huge problem in influencing
other people and developing an interactive connection with other. Interpersonal skills are
important for the personal development plan. I am developing various skills along with this
respective interpersonal skill development plan in my personalty development actions.
Development- There are large future aspects for the development of new skills in nature is very
much important to considered by the individual. I should take care of the future growth
opportunities that are available to me by developing my interpersonal skills. I can develop
strong relationship with others which helps in achieving goals of the firm to large extent.
Involving the activities in the personalty development plan of mine, I can develop an better
career in future to increase competency of mine. This helps in achieving my career goals
effectively in the practical world. Interpersonal skills is having large development future aspects
as this helps in making relationship with others and this will conclude in completing the work
more effectively through getting helps from others and working in participation.
Per forma 3
Core skills- Communication skill
The communication skills are the competencies and approaches which an individual use to
explore this view in from of others. This is the mode of interaction between people.
Communication skills helps in transferring the information with the other individuals. This is an
exchange of ideas with subordinates, with society peoples etc. I should have good
communication skills in order to influence other effectively and should have ability to complete
task through others. I should develop various representable skills in order to communicate
impressively in front of others. Communication is the important criteria for developing its
personality efficiently.
Importance- Communications is having great relevance with the personalty development of an
individual. In 1980 the communication theory is given by S. F. Scudder who stated that all
living beings communicate with each other but uses different modes of communication
(Hallam, 2010). All the individual whether its plant, animal or human being interact with each
other and its is also important to interact with other as this helps in problem soling with higher
effectiveness. This particular theory is followed by me in order top develop various skills
through analysing the mechanistic, physiological, social aspects of the communication and
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interaction. I am following up this communication theory in order to develop in newer skills in
my interactive and communicating style in order to exchange my ideas effectively in front of
others.
Personal competence- I should develop specific competence in my personality in order to
exchange the ideas effectively. I having good written skills which is an strength for my
personalty development effectively as I can express my view and ideas and communicate to
other partner effectively through my impressive written communication skills. I am also having
good symbolic communication this helps in interacting with other person more confidentiality
and also helps in more expressive with my views. I am also having average verbal
communication skills. This is an the are where I can develop my personalty development plan
and improve my skills of sharing information with others.
Personal weaknesses- There are certain weaknesses in my communication skills that some time
I hesitate in using different new knowledge in front of mass people effectively. This have to
improved by me in order to increase the expressive skill of mine. I am also average in my verbal
communication competencies which largely influence the exchange if ideas with others. So, this
should be improved by me through developing effective plan to enhance effectiveness and
competencies in the behaviour through developing good verbal communicating skills in actions.
I should enhance effectiveness in my symbolic communication too in order to impress others
effectively and achieve higher concentration of other actions and speech. I have some of the
weakness as use of proper language in my verbal communication which can be improved
through practising various newer knowledge about the language through implementing it in self
personalty development plan.
Development- There is large scope of the good communication skills in the external working
environment as this provide confident to express views in front of people confidentially and
with effectiveness. These skills and competencies development in the behaviour helps in
achieving the goals effectively. The good verbal and non verbal communication skills helps in
increasing the the chances of garbing various future growth opportunities as this will helps in
communicating with people effectively and I can easily influence the people effectively through
developing my impressive language knowledge and symbolic communication skills. I can use
my good written skills to express and communicate my view to other people effectively.
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Per forma 4
Core skills- Motivational skill
Through motivation skill I can able to complete task in timely and effective manner. Because
motivated person easily attain target and maintain performance as well. The main importance of
such skill is, it helpful to attain long term leaning process. Motivation given internal; strength to
every person and able to enhance their focus as well.
Importance- Mashlow theory can be applied in the this respective skills development plan of
mine (Hay, 2010). I am using various motivation through this respective theory which defined
needs of self actualisation, self esteem needs, safety and social needs.
Personal competence- Motivational skills are helpful to improve my strengths, as through
which I can understand my own goals. It must be present at workplace which is helpful to attain
action. It can maintain relationship among employees and supervisors at work place.
Personal weaknesses- While opted such skills my biggest weakness is lack of self awareness
and not able to focus on particular one thing. Through this, I not able to focus on certain things
which are not beneficial for my long term learning process. Through such weaknesses I m not
properly able to take effective decision and become late to understand things.
Future prospects- Cited skill is having impact on my personality. It is also support to me while
framing of future goals and objective. Furthermore, this is forecasting process which is helpful
for me to attain my long term target. Motivated person always able to take right decision which
are related to their personal life. Also focus on one thing which is certain for them.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that core competencies and personal skills in
an individual have great significance in completing the task in working environment effectively
and efficiently complying with the quality and time constraints. The person have to develop his
personalty according to the needs of skill development in behaviour. I am focusing on
development of communication skill in my working in order to improve my personal and social
relations with others. While I am also developing motivational skill in my action in order to
achieve the targets confidently and keep faith in myself to achieve all goals of my life
effectively. So, this can be concluded that the personal development plan is having great
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significance in the growth of personalty as well as helps in grabbing various future growth
opportunities through analysing the future aspects of the personal skill improvement in practice.
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