Personal and Professional Development Report: Skill Development

This report provides an analysis of personal and professional development, with a particular emphasis on the significance of communication skills. The introduction highlights the importance of self-reflection in identifying strengths and weaknesses to foster individual growth within a business context. The main body delves into the crucial role of effective communication, including verbal and written skills, in achieving personal and professional goals. It discusses how strong communication facilitates better understanding, decision-making, and problem-solving in both academic and professional settings. The report also introduces the Johari Window model as a tool for enhancing self-awareness and improving communication. The conclusion summarizes the benefits of communication skills, such as increased confidence and efficiency, and the importance of continuous skill development for career advancement. The report emphasizes the positive impact of communication skills on individual performance and organizational success.

Personal & Professional Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Reflection....................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Reflection is considered as a significant process that helps in making improvement in whole
process in relation to working of an individual person. It is necessary to understand the strength
as well as weaknesses of an individual person in order to improve their processes of work within
business organisation. This report will provide the discussion regarding the significance of skill
and knowledge that a significant for growth and development of an individual person. This
report will be depending upon the skill as well as knowledge of an individual person. It is
necessary to adapt the theory that helps in improving the skill as well as knowledge that help in a
completion various tasks in an appropriate manner during the particular phase of time period.
Personal as well as professional development signifies improving the knowledge or skill of an
individual person in which it is necessary to have business environment in order to acquire
innovative ideas. But there is a kind of chances in which an individual person accepts innovative
technology in better way. It is helpful in increasing the efficiency level of business organisation.
It is necessary for the individual person to improve personal as well as professional development
that helps in managing learning and improving in their career. It is necessary to boost the new
learning in order to increase the competencies in order to perform their work in an effective
manner (Hildebrand, 2018).
MAIN BODY
Reflection
The skill as per me it is important or significant for an individual person to have a good
communication skill it signifies the skill that is adopted for transferring ideas, emotions feeling
as well as facts that help in provide proper understanding in an appropriate manner during the
particular phase of time period. Here in the individual person focuses on understanding as well as
receiving the message from sender to the receiver. It is considered as the importance of
capability for collecting information in relation to the individual person. There is different kind
of skill and aptitude that must be necessary for achieving goal as well as objective which must be
achieved during the particular phase of time period. It is necessary for an individual person to
must have the capability to improve that is useful in future period of time. The communication
skill is important in everyone's life. For completing a particular task it is necessary for an
individual person to understand the direction, obligation as well as clearness in good way. In
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addition to this it is necessary to have clear understanding and skill which is necessary to
encourage for boosting career. The importance of communication skill is also helpful in
accomplishing goals as well as objective of business organisation. Through superior
communication skill it helps in providing better understanding regarding the different things in
an appropriate manner. Therefore they provide the explanation regarding communication skill
which is necessary for an individual person within business organisation (Holzweiss and Parrott,
2017).
It is necessary to make improvement and developing the skills as well as knowledge that
help in performing their work in an appropriate manner. It is also helpful in achieving goals as
well as objective and performing different task in an appropriate manner. Therefore, it is
necessary for an individual person to have a good communication skill in order to share their
ideas in an appropriate manner. It is also necessary to have a good verbal as well as written skill
that helps in providing better interaction with one another. It is also help in resolving the other
problems that are occur during the particular phase of time period. Through good communication
skill it helps the organisation is taking appropriate decisions that is necessary for Organisation in
future period of time.
Communication skill signifies those kinds of skills which helped to the individual person
in conviction as well as contemplation that is fruitful for the individual person. Throughout my
college time the communication skill help me in completing my assignment on timely manner
and also it help in finishing the assessment and reflection in relation to communication skill that
help in providing better communication with an individual person during the particular phase of
time period (Tour, 2017).
It is necessary to have a good communication skill in order to perform different task by
an individual person everything that determines to start communication skill to express your
views in an appropriate manner. In addition to this it is necessary to have good communication
skill in order to perform various tasks in an appropriate manner. It is also helpful in providing
presentation, group presentation as well as projects of an individual person in which there is a
kind of preferences which is considered by an individual person such is communication
alteration in information related to talking that help the individual person in increasing their skill
in an appropriate manner. For example the teacher provides group presentation that helps in
increasing understanding in an appropriate manner and also represents the point of view as well
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as recommendation from one another. This is all are considered as the good communication
skills. Through this kind of skill it is important to have superior skills that help in understanding
the different things as well as issue which arise during the particular phase of time period. Apart
from this communication skill will assist in resolving the issue and achieving the favourable
outcomes that help in achieving the task in an appropriate period of time. An individual person
focuses on coordinating or operating different viewpoint before the other person in proper way.
Therefore it is necessary to fulfil the need or requirement of an individual person in order to
achieve favourable outcomes in present as well as in future period of time (Weller, 2019).
Communication skill help in taking appropriate decisions in future period of time and
also help in achieving goals as well as objective in future period of time. For appropriate
understanding in relation to communication skill is necessary for personal as well as professional
development therefore it is necessary to explain the theory which is described the
communication skills important for individual person within business organisation. It is also
helpful for me in completing assignment and assessing the problem that is occurring during the
particular period of time.
The communication skill is not only useful for personal development it is also helpful in
professional development that help in maintaining good relationship with other individual
person. Therefore, the professional are needed to maintain their business organisation in which
the delegate their work in various level such as a to the seniors, superiors as well as adolescent
that help in performing their work in an appropriate manner that help in a completion personal as
well as professional goal during the particular phase of time period. It is also helpful in
coordination as well as cooperation between colleagues as well as an association that help in
providing suggestion or cooperation from one another. So there is a requirement of
communication skills in order to provide coordination as well as Corporation in particular phase
of time period. The manager of the organisation must have the extra ordinary skill that helps in
achieving goal as well as objective in stipulated period of time (Ab Rashid, 2018).
As above analysis it has been assess that communication skill is important but I required
the expertise from my point of view I have a good communication skill but there is an issue
which is arise at the time of communicate with other person. For example like writing some
important or significant information which is placed on notice board and sends mails to the
superiors therefore I am not being comfortable or ready to write those information in good way.
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Therefore I am checking again and again in order to find any issues and perform various works
in good way. Hence it is important for me to achieve the goal as well as objective of organisation
by removing all this kind of issues related to communication skill. It assists in providing data as
well as information to worker that helps in improving and advancing knowledge of individual
person within business organisation.
The significance of communication skill in life of an individual person is significant to
determine. It is easily understood by an individual person to achieve the various tasks in an
appropriate manner that is must be connected to personal life of individual person. By improving
the different kind of communicational skill, it is possible for an individual person to increase the
efficiency in carry out their work. For instance in order to perform work within business
organisation it is significant for individual persons to take suggestion from their superior
authority. Through their instruction it is possible for individual person to know what work they
have to perform during the particular period of Time. Therefore, it is necessary to have a good
communication skill that helps in interacting from one person to another in an appropriate
manner. Therefore for interacting with other person it is necessary for individual person to have a
good communication skill. Through this skill it helped the individual person in clearly
understand the requirement of an individual person. It is important for employees to know the
right things by using right method that help the employee in conducting their task or work in an
appropriate manner that imposes direct impact on the work and also offer appropriate as well as
favourable result that must be performed during the period of time (Anders, 2018).
There are various benefits or advantage in relation to communication skill that are
explained or consider earlier. Through good communication skill it is necessary to make
improvement or development in the whole process of an individual person. It imposes direct
impact on the efficiency level of an individual person of business organisation. Therefore it has
been analysed that communication skill is very important for an individual person to resolving
different kind of conflict that help in increasing understanding between one another and reduce
the conflict in an appropriate manner.
Communication skill is significant for an individual person that provides several kinds of
advantages for growth and development of individual person. It involves confidence, dedication
as well as developing efficiency that help in making appropriate efforts in order to develop their
communication skill. Hence, it is necessary to perform their work in an appropriate manner that
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help in achieving favourable outcomes and also imposes a direct impact on the work. In addition
to this, there were other communications that will help an individual person to perform their
work in an appropriate manner and increases the performance level during the particular phase of
time period. Apart from this, it is not complex for an individual person to perform their works in
easy manner because it imposes positive impact on the growth as well as performance of an
individual person. In addition to this it imposes favourable influences on the confidence level of
an individual person by using communication skill. Therefore, the significance and the adoption
of communication skills should clearly be explain by adapting theory that is going to be
mentioned below:
Johari Window: This theory is described as a tools as well as techniques that help in
making improvement how development in the whole relationship and also that help in
understanding the other individual person in an appropriate manner. The improvement of this
theory or this theory was founded by Joseph luft and this help in increasing self improvement
that is necessary for performing different function of an organisation (Voller, 2016). There are
various significant components that involve four quadrants that help in increasing or improving
the whole process of communication that is related to individual person which is going to be
mentioned below:
Open/self-area or arena: In the given window it is necessary to provide discussion
regarding the behaviour, attitude or performance of an individual person and also assess the
feeling knowledge as well as a skill that help in understanding the behaviour of an particular
person during the particular phase of time period. It is considered as the area that helps in
completing the communication process and also implements the appropriate communication
among different people. It is necessary to have clear understanding in order to convey the
important message to the other person during the period of time.
Blind Spot or Blind Self: Here in the explanation is regarding the information about you
and increases the knowledge that is not disclosed in an appropriate manner. It also helps in
making appropriate interpretation regarding you in appropriate method which is expected by an
individual person of business organisation.
Hidden Area or Facade: Here in it is necessary to collect the information which is not
disclose and also that is considered to be hidden from another individual person in an appropriate
manner. It is connected to the personal information regarding individual person. It is connected
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to the hidden feelings, ideas as well as fact of individual person which imposes direct impact on
the emotions as well as feelings of an individual person.
Unknown Area: In this component the information in related to an awareness regarding
you and for other individual person in an appropriate manner. It involves the information
regarding facts, feelings that are not disclose to other individual person in an appropriate manner.
By using theory it has been analyses that the working of an individual person within
business organisation it is necessary to make development or improvement in the whole
communication process of an individual person that help in a completion of goal as well as
objective of company in an appropriate manner (Visković and Višnjić Jevtić, 2018).
CONCLUSION
On the basis of above report has been determined that communication skill is considered as
a significant skill that helps the individual person to maintain the improvement and development
in the individual person. In assistance of this it has been determined as there are various skills as
well as model that help in making improvement or development in the whole process related to
communication and also they offer future prospect that help in improving communication. In
addition to this the conclusion must be drawn regarding the adoption of communication skill
which is important for an individual person to make an improvement in personal as well as
professional development during the particular phase of time period. Personal as well as
professional development signifies improving the knowledge or skill of an individual person in
which it is necessary to have business environment in order to acquire innovative ideas. But there
is a kind of chances in which an individual person accepts innovative technology in better way. It
is helpful in increasing the efficiency level of business organisation. It is necessary for the
individual person to improve personal as well as professional development that helps in
managing learning and improving in their career. It is necessary to boost the new learning in
order to increase the competencies in order to perform their work in an effective manner.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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Professional Development in Higher Education. NASPA-Student Affairs Administrators in
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Tour, E., 2017. Teachers’ self-initiated professional learning through personal learning
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identify and individualise teacher professional development. Teacher Development, 23(1),
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Ab Rashid, R., 2018. Dialogic reflection for professional development through conversations on
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Anders, A.D., 2018. Networked learning with professionals boosts students' self-efficacy for
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Voller, J.G., 2016. Professional development. Beyond Foundations: Developing as a Master
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Visković, I. and Višnjić Jevtić, A., 2018. Professional development of kindergarten teachers in
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