Professional Development Plan Part B: Reflected Best Self Essay

This assignment presents a reflection essay based on the "Reflected Best Self" exercise, a component of a professional development plan. The student gathered feedback from family, peers, and colleagues to identify their strengths, values, and areas for growth. The essay details the process of collecting and analyzing this feedback, including identifying recurring themes such as honesty, reliability, and team spirit. The student reflects on what they learned about themselves, what surprised them, and how this self-awareness will inform their future career goals and management skills. The essay also outlines the circumstances that bring out the student's best self and how they plan to leverage their strengths to become a better manager and secure employment opportunities. The document includes an analysis table and the student's takeaways from the exercise, offering insights into their self-perception and professional aspirations.

Running head: REFLECTION
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Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Reflected Best Self stories
Date: 05 /02/2020
Summary: During this exercise, I received 15 best self-stories from my families and peers.
These stories came from various respondents such as my parents, my siblings, my colleagues,
my flat mates and my friends.
Strength/Pattern/Theme Declaration Examples given
Reliability I believe in helping people out
and assisting them with full
support during essential times of
need.
1. Helped a colleague with
an extra shift when he
was sick.
2. Assisted my flat mate and
helped them to achieve
success in their respective
projects as undertaken by
them.
3. Carried out the
responsibilities given by
the different professors in
the universities in a
successful manner.
Honesty I like to maintain trust and
honesty in a relationship and my
different associations. Pertaining
to this, it becomes increasingly
crucial to ensure that I am being
able to maintain transparent
communication.
1. Told the truth to my
mother even though it
hampered my image in
her eyes because I wanted
to maintain honesty.
2. Informed the team about
my shortcomings and my
inability to complete a
specific task allocated to
me.
3. Told Lila about the reason

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why I spoilt her dress.
Team spirit I have a good sense of Team
spirit. In consideration of this, it
can be effectively mentioned
that, I like to work in a team,
support others and ensure that
all team goals and objectives are
attained successfully.
1. Have been designated as a
team leader for various
class projects due to my
capability to perform well
in a team.
2. Helped in maintaining
coordination and harmony
in teams.
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Hence, the given exercise as a whole was very helpful in assisting me to identify my
capabilities and understanding the manner in which I generally perform. The task also assisted
me in identifying my shortcomings and has guided me accordingly so that I will be able to
achieve my goals in the long run.
1. What I’ve learned about my strengths and values is that I believe in Honesty and additionally
also believe in ensuring that everyone in a group or related association works together. Also,
I’ve learned that I am a reliable individual and as I liked to assist people, they were largely
dependent on me.
2. What surprised me about this feedback is that the different correspondents, with whom I am
associated with, appreciated my honesty.
3. What I already knew that this confirmed is my willingness to work in a team is the reason why
I perform well in team tasks.
4. The circumstances that bring out my best self are Stressful scenarios which are physically and
emotionally tiring and deadlines whereby I am induced to perform my best.

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5. When I am at my best, I tend to interact well and maintain transparency in my
communications. Because of this I am able to be a good team leader and communicator.
6. How this will help me professionally is by helping me to become a better manager in future
and to get a good employment opportunity.