Professional Career Development: Gibbs Model Reflection Report

This report presents a reflective essay on personal and professional development, utilizing the Gibbs model to analyze the author's career journey, particularly focusing on experiences with courier services and Uber Eats. It identifies key skills such as communication, technical proficiency, and public speaking, which are considered strengths. The report also acknowledges weaknesses in analytical, presentation, research, and delegation skills, impacting professional efficiency. The author reflects on feelings about personal and professional growth, evaluating the positive impact of skill development and the challenges posed by weaknesses. An evaluation section assesses the value of personal development practices, emphasizing the importance of leadership support and the development of skills like research, which can foster both career advancement and entrepreneurial opportunities. The report concludes by highlighting the author's commitment to overcoming weaknesses through a personal development plan.

Professional Career
Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................2
Task.......................................................................................................................................................3
Reflection Review.............................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION...................................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES....................................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Personal development defines as improving the skills and potential of an individual in
order to get better employment opportunities. Personal and professional development is an
important practice which allows an individual to meet different requirements related to his
professional career. In the approach of personal and professional development individual
work over different skills and capabilities in such a manner that it can provide a best level of
exposure towards improving the skills and ability of an individual for performing the
individual role in organisation. On the basis of personality assessment individual also try to
overcome the negative areas in the personality with the support of an action plan. This report
is a reflective essay towards the personal and professional development of an individual.
With the support of Gibbs Model of reflective analysis different stages will be defined that
will project about the personal development of an employee. In this report different skills,
strength and weaknesses will be highlighted based on the different stages of the Gibbs
reflection model. To develop the different skills of a precise personal development plan will
also project that will involve all the key strategies and approaches to develop the skills of an
individual.
Task
Reflection Review
Description
I have worked in a different organisation over different designated position roles. I
carry various skills that are also my strengths which have supported me through out of my
employment career. In professional career all the skills you posses and all the strong areas of
the personality projected the strength an employee carry as a part of the employment
opportunity (Güngör and Alp, 2019). I also carry different skills that i have also mentioned in
my CV while going through the interview rounds. Skills like communication skill,
observation skill, technical skill, listening skill and public speaking skill are the key skills I
carry. All these skills provide me a huge strength in meeting up all the responsibilities I have
been associated with as a part of the employment opportunity. All these skills i mentioned are
such skills that i also aware off as a part of the personality assessment. Many other skills I
also carry about them I do not carry any precise knowledge or I can say i am not much aware
off such skills but i carry them in my personality.

Skills play a huge role for any employee to get the best level of growth opportunities
in the career. Skills of an individual provide an ease in performing the individual role in the
organisation. In organisations like Uber and other organisation every employee assigned to
specific designated position role and also assigned responsibilities on the basis of the
designated position role in company. I used to parcel couriers and then now I am working
with Uber Eats. In both the positions all my skills like communication, technical skill, public
speaking skill and other skills helped in doing my jobs in the best way possible. Apart from
all skills I possess I carry different strengths like i am a good learner as I learn very quick. I
take lesser time in learning new skills and knowledge as compare to other average individual
I meet. Quick learning ability I carry has supported me in gaining knowledge ad also in
understanding the new dimensions in life (Taheri, 2017). I am not much educated still I carry
a precise knowledge about technology and software’s like social media and other as a result
of my quick learning ability. I also curious about learning new things and gaining knowledge
that can support my career growth. This is also my huge strength that I am more curious
about collecting knowledge and new information’s. Curiosity is the mother of knowledge and
due to immense curiosity I possess to collect information and knowledge I got to know about
all the current affairs, technological development and all other advancement society is
associated with at this point in time. My technological awareness has helped me in getting
this job at Uber Eats. Sense of humour I carry is also my huge strength and merit of
personality. This ability of making others laugh has allowed me to gain a specific attention in
between all the colleagues and senior employees and high designated professionals in the
company. I carry interests like book reading also as a part of my personality. My book
reading ability has allowed me to learn new things and to gain knowledge. I read allot of
books as a part of my hobby. This is also a key strength I possess. Reading books generate
intellectuals in the personality of an individual. Learning books also helps in collecting
knowledge easier and faster.
Along with all the strength and skills I possess I also carry various weaknesses that
also create a negative aspects in my personality. I have different weaknesses like analytical
skill, presentation skill, research skill and delegation skill. Along with these skills I also face
issues related to motivation. Weaknesses restrict the individual in achieving the best level of
employment experience (Anguelov, Stoyanova and Tamošiūnienė, 2020). All my weaknesses
have impacted negatively over my employment experience. It’s important as an employee to
overcome all these weaknesses in order to achieve the best level of career objectives. I have

experience that as an employee’s it play a very positive role to acquire different skills and
potentials. All skills support in achieving the best level of proficiency by achieving the best
level of work efficiency.
Feelings
This part of the reflective cycle model indicates about the feelings I possess about the
personal and professional development practice. Personal and professional development
involves developing various skills and abilities to improve the professional efficiencies as an
individual employee in organisation. I already acquired different skills like communication
skill, technical skill and other skill that have always supported me in achieving the best level
of work efficiency. I felt that my approaches for improving the skill and potential as an
employee have created positive impact over my personality. Initially I started to work in a
courier agency than I switched to the Uber Eat Company. My constant efforts of developing
all different skills and abilities have allowed me in gaining the best level of work efficiencies.
All such aspect about my personality on which I am not good enough has also put a negative
impact over my work efficiency (Kitana and Karam, 2019). I felt that I also faced plenty of
problems in working as an professional due to my different weaknesses like analytical skill,
presentation skill, research skill and delegation skill. All these skills are also the key
professional skill that allows an employee to achieve the best level of career objectives in the
career. Being in a position of food deliver partner I was required to represent the business in
front of different stakeholders. I faced plenty of problems in representing my business model
i front of all other stakeholders like investors and other stakeholders due to bad presentation
skill I carry.
Bad research skill also opposes me in collecting productive knowledge and
information related to business. As I hold a poor research skill I needed to take support of
expert professionals in conducting the precise research related to market, products and
business. Research allows finding all key areas involve in the business that can support the
best level of growth in the business (Kicheva, 2017). I also felt plenty of challenges due to
poor delegation skill. This is the key negative aspect about my personality. Being in the
position of the partner in Uber Eat I needed to delegate different role and responsibilities to
employee’s part of the business. I face huge challenge in allotting different functional role to
employee’s part of the organisation. It’s important to identify the strengths and weakness of
the employee while delegating different functional role to such employees part of the

organisation. I face issues in delegation of different position role to employee’s part of the
organisation.
I felt that I carry a balance of my strengths and weakness that allows me to do the best
in my career. All my strengths have given me a huge confidence to do the job in the best
possible manner. All my weaknesses have created unusual challenges in doing the job in the
best way possible. All my weaknesses I can erase with the support of proper guidance and
strategies as a part of personal development plan. PDP would allow me to engage with all key
strategies and approaches that will drive me towards removing all my weakness. The PDP is
a professional approach to take actions against all my weaknesses (Kaur, 2020). I would also
be guided professionally in the PDP to evaluate the possible development in all my
weaknesses. The PDP is a time based approach so it also time efficient to develop all my
negative skills or weaknesses I am associated with. Personal and professional development is
an important practice every organisation must associated with. In order to develop the
personality of employees this practice support the best level of professional development and
the growth of employees part of the organisation.
Evaluation
I have evaluated the professional and personal development practice. This practice of
personal and profession development has allowed me to systematically improve all my
different skills like research skill, analytical skill, presentation skill, motivation skill and
other relevant skills that will allow me to achieve the best level of work experience in my
professional journey. I have evaluated that this personal and professional development
practice has guided in me developing all different skills in the moats professional manner. In
the set time bound i could develop all my skills like research skill, analytical skill,
presentation skill, motivation skill and other associated skill in the most professional manner.
The personal and professional development practice is great opportunities to grow all such
skills that are not good in the personality of employee along with this practice also serve
opportunity to grow all the good skills of employees (Chawla, Dokadia and Rai, 2017). This
practice guides about all possible ways and strategies for developing skills and abilities in the
limited time spam. I also evaluated that its important while developing skills its also
important to evaluate the development and growth in skill. Growth evaluation allows
employee to assess the possible development in the personality of employee. Proper

assessment about the growth and development makes able to employee to take the proper
steps to enhance the advantages of the personality development campaign of employee.
I evaluated that interest of leadership in organisation also play a crucial role over the
outcome of personality development program. How much the leadership in organisation take
interest will furthermore add value in the campaign. If the management and leadership in
organisation carries an interest in the growth of employees than they will put a significant
investment in running the personality development campaign at organisation. They will hire
the best trainers and professionals to serve the best level of knowledge over the personality
development of employee. I also analysed that these campaigns play a huge role in the overall
growth and development of employee’s part of the organisation. This not only support the
internal level growth and development of employees but also the external growth of
employee in the business environment (TAGESSE, 2018). Skills like research skill not only
support the employees to gain the full career growth but also it supports the individual to start
its own business. Ability to meet up different designated position requirements is one of the
key areas that every individual need to establish. This campaign of personal and professional
development enables employees at such level that they get all the proper techniques which
also support them in continuing the campaign of personal development even without any
proper guidance of expert professionals. It can be evaluated that all these campaigns play a
huge role in improving the career growth of employee’s part of the organisation. Personal and
professional development campaign has taught me many new skills that created a positive
impact over my overall growth and development as an employee.
Analysis
There is going to be a lot of development in the skills and experience of the two
different organizations which is going to be added in the CV. In Courier Company in which I
have worked for 2 years is going to make me have skills of communication and
understanding the business effectively which is a great factor (Davies, Edgar and Debenham,
2016). This is going to improve the human resource and other important functioning in
myself which is going to be very helpful for a long run. There are a lot of skills which I have
discovered being my strengths and weaknesses which have to be improved in me so that there
is going to be a better understanding and growth for myself in the future. My writing skills
were not so good which is why I have joined this career for myself because they have no use
of such skills but the research of areas and locations which have to be reached by the help of

technology has to be present so that there is going to be a better growth. Customers always
appreciate the employees who are reaching them on time and they have a good
communication with the customers as well which can make the employees have a growth and
receive rewards as well.
It is very important that the employees of an organization keep improving themselves
from time to time so that the business can grow and businesses also have to promote the
employees in some way or another so that there is going to be a good functioning. The
experience and qualifications of an employee’s does make a lot of difference in getting better
job offerings in the future (Evers and et.al., 2016). Courier Companies which serve the
customers with different products and take back the products are not going to make an
employee have all the knowledge which they must have working in different companies is
always adding value to the CV of an individual so that there is going to be a better
functioning. Problem solving is one strength which I have in the market which is a great
factor which makes me take the right decisions not just for the business but for myself as well
which is why I took experience for 2 years in a courier company and now working in Uber
Eats is going to add value to myself and be able to achieve the goals and objectives faster.
There has to be clarity only then there are going to be better achievements which an
individual can achieve them and I wanted experience and then shift to a reputed organization
so that I could develop myself. There are huge roles which the delivery men have in these
kinds of businesses which is why they also prefer taking experience employees in the
company so that the productivity of the organization is going to be well maintained and
effective for a long run (Post, 2019). There have to be polished and good skills in me so that
the desired job is going to accept an employee like me which is going to get me a lot of
opportunities for the future as well. Training and development is going to help me be able to
help be develop on time and effectively which I can measure as well so that there is going to
be a clarity of working for the future.
Conclusion
There are a lot of skills which are making me achieve the objectives and goals and a
lot of skills which are restricting me as well which have to be developed. A person who has a
lot of knowledge may not be able to practically use them in the market which comes with
practice and they have to be developed (Theodosiou, Choi and Freeman, 2020). There are a
lot of training and development sessions which will have to be attended by the individual so

that they will be able to improve their weaknesses and that is going to help them have more
opportunities for the future. With practice comes professionalism which is important in a
courier company and the most important is having the right numerical skill so that they can
take the right amount and give back the right amount to the customers. The customers have to
be well treated in the organization which is the responsibility of the employees which are
providing them the services with (Flores and et.al., 2020). There are a lot of skills which I
have to develop so that there are going to be more rewards, promotions and reputation
coming my way in Uber Eats which is going to be very good for the future growth as well.
Experience is very essential in a lot of businesses and in Uber Eats there are a lot of risks
which the company has taken which is why they need good employees to serve the customers
so that the organization will be able to earn back the right amount they have invested in the
organization to expand in this field as well.
There has to be professionalism which has to be present in the employees who are
working in any organizations for which the employees have to have the right skills which can
help them develop and get the market. There has to be a better analysis of the growth as well
which has been planned so that there is going to be a time management as well which is
going to be better in the company (Hafsteinsdóttir, van der Zwaag and Schuurmans, 2017).
Skills like which have to be improved are motivational skills, presentation skills, analytical
skills, delegation skills and research skills which is going to be better for the future which I
have decided for myself. Everyone in the organization wants to earn more and if these skills
are going to be present in me then I will be able to decide how to treat the customers better
and make the reputation of the organization be improved. In return the organizations which
are well reputed in the market they have a policy to give the employees the best if they give
in their personal best to the organization (Waymer and et.al., 2018). The company has to
profit only then they will give the employees what they deserve which is a very essential
factor for the organization to have so that there is going to be a better reputation for the
individuals and the company as well.
Action plan
There are a lot of skills which I have developed over years of working in the courier
company but there are a lot of skills which I have realized that they are not by strength and if
not good enough for a better future. To have more opportunities for myself in the future there

has to be a good plan which I must follow to be able to make my weaknesses as strength so
that there are better promotions and rewards which I would be given in the future.
Skills Time frame Strategies Evaluation
Motivation
Skills
2 weeks There are a lot of motivational
speakers which are invited in
businesses so that the
employees can learn and share
their experience which is
going to make them feel
motivated to work harder
(Gander, Girardi and Paull,
2019). There are more
sessions of motivational
speeches which are going to
be attended by the individual.
There is going to be positive
environment which is going to
present for the employees
around so that there is going to
be a better functioning and
self motivation is going to be
present for which there is
going to be well maintained
relationships with the other
employees of the organization.
The colleagues and the
seniors in the organization
will be evaluating the
individual so that they can
give the right measures as
well which have to be
taken in order to be able to
improve effectively in the
future as well if there are
any issues.
Presentation
Skills
2 weeks There has to be positivity
which needs to be present in
the employees because that
reflects on the customers.
There has to be smile and the
language used has to be good
so that the customers can have
a better experience and the
The seniors have better
experience and they will be
able to guide the individual
better which is why they
will be analyzing this skill
for the improvement to
take place.

start of the communication
with the customers has to be
first by the organization so
that the customers feel
comfortable and trust the
company with the services
they have opted for.
Analytical
Skills
3 weeks There has to be an
improvement in the
observational skills to improve
this factor and know the
working of the company is
taking place in the
organization. There are going
to be mind games which are
going to be practiced by
individuals so that they are
going to have a better
understanding which is going
to be very profitable for the
individual and the company.
There are professional help
which is going to be
required by individual to
improve this skills and the
performance of the
individual also has to be
analysed so that there is
going to be a better
understanding for the
betterment (Middleton and
Middleton, 2017).
Research
Skills
6 weeks There has to be patience with
this skill to be improved
because there are different
sources through which this can
be improved. There are going
to be questioning which is
going to take place and the
ownership has to be respected
by the individuals so that there
is going to be a better
functioning and
understanding. The data has to
be analysed and sources as
The seniors are going to
have a lot of experience of
the organization which can
make the individuals know
a lot of the data and other
aspects of the company
which is going to be very
profitable and for that the
seniors and managers of
the company have to
supervise the employees of
the company.

well so that there is going to
be a better improvement
which is very appropriate and
adequate.
Delegation
Skills
5 weeks The seniors are going to take
the decisions and delegation
from the employees as well so
that they can make the
employees know what
measures have to be taken
according to what (Patton,
2019). There has to be a good
observation of the managers of
the organization so that there
is going to be a better
functioning. There are keys
which have to be identified so
that the operations can take
place effectively in the
organization for a long run in
the company.
Seniors will have to
support the individuals
which want to improve
these skills by evaluating
them and developing them
from time to time.
CONCLUSION
There are a lot of strengths and weaknesses which are present in a person which has to
be worked upon so that the personal objectives and goals can be met. There has to be a self
satisfaction only then the desired jobs would be capable for us which are going to be good for
a long run. For employability there are a lot of skills and measures which have to be taken by
the organization and personal self to be able to operate effectively in the market. It is very
important for individuals to be able to analyse themselves and know their strengths and
weaknesses and how to use them in situations which raise in front of them so that there is
going to be a better functioning. There are skills which have to be improved on time so that