Report on Developing Employability Skills and Leadership Styles

This report delves into the crucial realm of personal and professional development, focusing on employability and leadership skills. It begins by defining employability skills as essential transferable abilities needed for career success, emphasizing their importance for students aiming to secure positions in reputable organizations. The report employs the Gibbs reflective model to analyze the experience of developing a presentation on leadership skills, specifically examining the leadership styles of Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon. Through the Gibbs model's stages of description, feelings, evaluation, conclusion, and action plan, the report reflects on the challenges and triumphs encountered, highlighting the development of skills such as team building, communication, and ICT proficiency. The conclusion emphasizes the significance of continuous skill development, including time management, conflict resolution, and technological competence, for achieving both personal and professional growth. The report underscores the value of reflective practice in identifying strengths and weaknesses, thereby facilitating the acquisition of better opportunities in the future. The report includes references to academic sources to support the analysis.

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Table of Contents
Task 1 ..............................................................................................................................................3
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Main body........................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

Task 1
(Covered in PPT)
Task 2
INTRODUCTION
Employability skills is defined as an transferable skills which is needed in a person to
become employable. In addition to this, it is a set of skills which is highly required in an
individual to attain better opportunities and to attain their desired goals effectively. For a student,
employability skills plays vital role in order to gain job in a renowned organisation. It also assist
people in developing positive mind set and impression in front of employers or higher
authorities. In this competitive market, organisations chooses those candidates who have and
effective employability skills that is good communication, problem-solving, time management,
team work, adaptability, patience and many more. In the present report, Gibbs reflective model is
describe that involves experiences gained by performing the presentation. In addition to this, it is
analysed that reflective based learning assist an individual to attain knowledge about various
skills & competencies required to be learnt for gaining better opportunities in future.
Main body
Leadership skills is defined as willingness of a person to influence, encourage, motivate and
inspire and individual to attain desired objectives and common goal effectively and timely as
well. It is determined that with having effective leadership skills helps an individual to maintain
good relationship with other people that is required to stay and deal in corporate sectors. In the
first task, leadership skills and styles of Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon is already described. It is
determine by me that effective leadership skill is required in order to develop effective teams and
provide directions to others in an appropriate manner. For making a presentation, there are
various skills, knowledge and competencies is needed that assist in gaining positive outcomes.
My overall experience by developing a presentation was good, which will assist me to perform
effectively in coming future. For presenting my overall learning and experience, Gibbs reflective
model will be applied that consist of different stages. It will assist me to clearly express my
overall experience and learning which I gain by developing presentation on leadership skills and
styles of CEO of Amazon.

Gibbs reflective cycle: This model was proposed in the year 1998 by Graham Gibbs which
state that learning and experience comes by performing the task and activities in a proper
manner. With the help of Gibbs reflection model, it is determine by me that an individual can
attain knowledge, competencies and skills by performing task and activities on particular topic.
Along with this, such model assist an individual to gain understanding about what they have
done, where they lack, what skills they placed & how they deal with particular situations. The
stages include in Gibbs model state my over experience associated with the presentation
developed by me on Leaderships skills and is given below:
Description: It is the first stage that consist of proper description of situations and activities
required to be carry out by an individual. I have created a presentation on leadership skills &
styles of Jeff Bezos. For performing presentation in a proper manner, I have taken help of
teachers and mentors and did a lot of research. It assist me to gain knowledge or understanding
about how a presentation is developed in an effective and proper way. In order to gain insight
about the roles and responsibilities along with the task need to perform, I have asked by project
mentor to instruct all the team members and specify them the roles as it assist in reducing the
level of conflicts and also help in completed presentation properly. Moreover, it is analysed by
me that I have the capability to handle situations properly that helped me out to maintained good
relationship with all the team members which in turn assist in performing presentation in more
effective as well as attractive manner.
Feelings: It is consider as a second step of Gibbs reflective cycle that state the feeling of a
person at the time of performing a specific task. In the starting of project, I was happy and
excited that I assigned with the role of team leader. With the passage of time, my overall
excitement is decline & it is turn into the tension and conflicts as well. It is analysed by me that
maintaining the same level of enthusiasm and excitement in team members from starting to the
ending of presentation is difficult. This situations and conditions has tested my patience level and
team building skills. Further, it is analysed by me that I have effective team building skills and
because of this, I am able to delivered presentation in a proper and timely manner.
Evaluation: In this stage, the experience and learning gained by an individual by creating
presentation is evaluated on the basis of whether it is good or not. My overall experience while
developing presentation was good as I got the chance to perform as a team leader. On the other
side, there are various issues faced by me because of lack of problem-solving skills. It is

analysed by me that I require to learn about problem-solving skills which in turn help in building
professionalism. In addition to this, it is analysed by me that to deal in the corporate sector, it is
important to have problem-solving skills so that issues is resolve on time. Moreover, it is
determined that my communication and interaction skills was good which helped me to
maintained healthy and effective relationship with other team members. Because of my team
building skills, I am capable to create coordination and cooperation in team members and also
assist in making team members feel valued and give the ideas without any hesitancy. Further, it
is analysed that I am not good in technologies and for delivering an attractive presentation, it is
significant but with the assistance of all team members and project mentors, I gain learning about
ICT skills which will assist me in future to attain better opportunities effectively.
Conclusion: It is consider as the fouth stage of Gibbs reflective cycle which showcase
my overall experience while making presentation was good. I learnt about different skills and
gain knowledge about different areas that helped me to gain opportunities in future. In adition to
this, it is determined by me that my ICT as well as problem-solving skill has improved.
Moreover, it is analysed that there are various skills and competencies needed for peforming a
job in an effective manner and these are team buiding, conflict management, effective
communication, technological, leadership, time management and so on. With the help of
effective communication and team building skills, i developed food relationship with my team
members that help in completing and giving presentation on time. All such skills and experiences
will assist me in both professional as well as personal developm. Along with this, it also assits in
gaining an appropriate job role in an effective manner.
Action Plan: It is the last stage of Gibbs reflection cycle and herein required activities and
actions is developed and executed for gaining similar sort of role in future. It is analysed by me
that development of employability skills helped me to be competent enough to perform activities
and manage teams in a proper manner. For imprving my ICT and problem solving skills, i will
going to take online classes which help me to learn & gain best opportunities in future. In this
21st century, the skills which is needed to remain competent are time management, team
building, conflict management, ICT, effective communication and interaction and many more.
Moreover, i will also going to take inteterst in seminar & training sessions which will assist me
to attain knowledge regarging leadership styles & skills that in turn help in gaining success and
higher growth as well. For gaining such skills and knowledge, it is significant for me to develop

a time chart and focus on managing my daily activities on time. Acquisition of all such skills will
assist me to develop a level of confidence and grab opportunities in an appropriate manner.
CONCLUSION
From the above study, it is analysed that Gibbs reflective model is an effective model that
assist an individual to gain represent its learning and experience in a proper manner. In addition
to this, it also help a person to know about its strength & weakness so that it can improve timely.
This will directly leads to grabbing of better opportunity in future and attain persona as well as
professional development. Moreover, it is determine that development of employability skills is
essential for a person in order to remain competent and gain success and growth in coming
future. Further, there are different set of skill and knowledge is required for performing job roles
that is effective communication and interaction, technological, problem-solving, time
management, conflict handling and so on.

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