Reflective Journal: Work Performance, Skill Development, and Feedback

This report presents a reflective personal journal detailing the author's work performance within a chosen job context, specifically aiming for a marketing manager role. The journal incorporates several key components, including a career and progression plan, a skills audit identifying strengths and weaknesses, self-appraisal and action planning for skill development, and a record of work-based feedback. The author evaluates their current skill set, focusing on communication, problem-solving, and time management, while also recognizing areas for improvement, such as leadership skills. The report analyzes organizational practices, identifies areas for development, and outlines specific goals and strategies for enhancing performance, including taking initiatives, encouraging others and giving empowerment to teammates to achieve career goals and objectives. It also reflects on feedback received from managers and colleagues, highlighting the importance of continuous learning and adaptation in achieving career aspirations. The report concludes with an emphasis on the ongoing process of personal and professional development within a work-based context and how the author is using the feedback to improve their performance and achieve their goals.

Reflective personal journal of
your work performance in a
job of your choice

Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
Task..................................................................................................................................................2
Career and progression plan........................................................................................................2
Skill audit.....................................................................................................................................3
Self appraisal and action planning...............................................................................................4
Skill development record and work based feedback...................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................7
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Introduction
The following report demonstrated about reflective personal journal and performance in a
job. This report provides career pathway Mind Map and progression plan (Anjum, 2020). This
report also provides detailed information about various skill descriptions and skill development.
Please report also conduct skill audit and provide various action planning.
Task
Personal and Professional development is the continuous procedure through which an
individual can you learn new skills and also meet various challenges. With the help of personal
development and individual can identify their desired goals and improvise their skills so that they
can attend all the goals. Personal and professional development helps the individual to deal with
any situation and it provides them continuous learning and give them an opportunity to develop
their own skills through which they can easily get into different roles within any company.
When the individual have proper skills and knowledge then any organisation can hire them
because organisation know that this kind of employees can work efficiently in their company and
help their company to attend all the predetermined objectives.
I always have a desire to become marketing manager within the organisation so with the
help of personal and professional development I continually improving my skills and knowledge
so that I can become a marketing manager one day. In my career I have faced different situations
but I’ve always believed that whenever I go away even I work it doesn’t matter that in which
profile I am working I have to face different challenges and that challenges will bring me new
skills and learning opportunities.
By working with different employees who have from different culture in background I learnt
many new skills from them as well (Chow and et.al 2021). To enhance my skill I take various
skill training programs apart from this I have also learnt how to use new and advanced
technology so that I can finished my work effectively add within a given time frame.
Career and progression plan
Career progression plan is a straightforward plan. It is known as a roadmap which provides
detailed information about the employee. This plan is created by the employees and sometimes it
has been created by the managers as well so that they can review their performance skills and
knowledge. This plan is very helpful for the organisation as well as for the individual because it
provides future growth and immense success to the individual.
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Career plan is also helpful for me because it helps me to get next level of my career
(Duggal, and et.al2021). It also helps me to understand where I want to go in my career and what
are my goals and desires. By having proper career Development Plan I felt motivated at the
workplace because it helps me a lot to concentrate on my goals.
There are various stages of career development plan
Recognise current position
This is the first and foremost step of career development plans where I can identify where
I am standing in the current position. This step also describes my current skill set and various
strengths. This step has helped me to know my past experience and what kind of talent and skills
I have? And what is my career motives all these things I have learnt from this step of career
progression plan.
Recognition of destination
his step is one of the important step in the career progression plan as this is that describes
where an individual want to go in the career. For me I want to attend the position of marketing
manager that is my career goal so with the help of this stage I will focus on my goal and I will
gain all the skills which is needed to become a marketing manager.
This report shows States about various hurdles and barriers in the dream career. It also
states that where I will be after 10 years and what position I Will Be Holding. So this step
focuses on developing more specific goals.
Conduct gap analysis
This statement focuses on conducting a gap analysis for that individual can know where they are
standing and what is their aim (Williams, 2020). In this stage individual can consult with various
professionals as well supervisors and Mentors so that they may get exact information about their
gap.
Creation of career development
Now this is the final stage where an individual start making their own career development
plan. This plan in wards list of skills experience is knowledge and education which an individual
has gained and also it provides detail about their objective and goal show that in the future or an
individual can easily attain all their predetermined goals.
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Skill audit
Skill audit is an assessment procedure of an individual skill and knowledge. An audit provides
evidence of all the skills and competencies of an individual (Dulschi, 2020). This is skill audit is
closely related with the need analysis of an individual and social health and to identify their
needs of training and personal development as well.
There are various skills which I have been found by skill audit such as I have self
motivation determination towards my work I always try to complete my work on a given time
frame. Apart from this I have an excellent problem solving skills which is very necessary to
become a part of marketing team because being marketing employee and i need to deal with
different situations and problems.
Apart from this I have other skills that I have the capacity and ability to work under given that
lines and I can work effectively under pressure (Elliott, 2017). As I am working in a marketing
department so marketers always get targets and they always have to work under pressure so I
have developed this skills in me.
Apart from this I have wonderful communication skills and convenience skills as well. By
using these skills I can easily convince people and complete my given target. Along with this I
can check and analyse various is spreadsheet data it is also one of my skill which I want to learn
bike skill auditing. I can also know the marketing risk which can be faced by the organisation
due to poor marketing strategies so I have the ability to improvise them and make such strategies
in the favour of the company. All the skills I have learnt from the skill auditing.
Particulars Personal rating Evidence
Self motivation and determination 5 I perform the entire given task with
full dedication and motivation.
Problem solving skill 4.5 I can bring appropriate solution for
any problem.
Self appraisal and action planning
Self appraisal and action planning helps the individual to define their end goal and prioritise
various task so that that and goal can be achieved. Self appraisal helps the individual to set
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milestones also recognise their various skills and qualities (Iserson, 2020). With the help of self
appraisal I get to know that I have various skills such as:
Excellent communication skill
I have excellent communication skills as I was focusing on this skill for so long. This
skill has helped me a lot because being a marketer I need to communicate with lot of people in a
day apart from this I need to have a communication with my colleagues as well.
This is one of the most fundamental skill of an individual they can encompass their
personal skills abilities to their colleagues and management as well. This skill helps me a lot in
fulfilling my work and targets on given deadline.
Active listener
Active listening is also one of the important skills which an individual must have. When
people hear the things properly then they can respond to them. I have this skill and therefore I
can produce more quality work for the organisation.
Teamwork skill
Teamwork is one of the important skill which an individual must have. This scale can
only be obtained whenever people work in a team. I have teamwork skill and I have the potential
and capacity to manage and handle the entire team. I was working in a team I’ve always found
that everyone should give respect to each other and always welcome the opinions and
suggestions of others.
Time management skill
Time management skill plays a vital role within an individual. But I’m lacking behind in
the skill and I want to improve my time management skill (Rimmer, 2018). Whenever I get any
work with target I get to indulge in researching about the work and therefore I got late to fulfil
the target and work. Therefore I am continuously trying to improve this skill.
Leadership skills
Leadership skill is one of the critical skill which every individual must have. When
people have leadership skills then they can easily guide others towards their individual goals and
targets. I do not have proper leadership skill because I can’t influence and encourage other
people towards their goals. Apart from this leader can only become a leader when they have lots
of followers. I am continuously improving on this scale and trying to become a good leader who
can encourage the team.
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Goals Action Timescale Outcome
Time management skills  By giving
priority to
task
 By making
schedule for
every task
 To implement
new
technology in
the work
6 months By improvising time
management skill I will
fulfil and accomplish daily
task and responsibilities. I
will finish all the task and
target as per the time
frame.
Leadership skill  Taking
initiatives
 By
encouraging
others
 Giving
empowerment
to teammates
1 year I will develop confident
and can lead the team and
also motivate them to
accomplish their goal and
guiding them on their
career development.
Skill development record and work based feedback
By improvising various skills and knowledge I got various work based feedback. These
feedbacks were being given to me by the managers whenever they review and monitor my
performance (Semerikov, and et.al 2020). So my managers have given me negative as well as
positive feedback. Workplace feedback is just simple procedure in which supervisors reporting
managers and other managers provide constructive reviews and suggestions to the individual
through which they can improve eyes their performance and reinforces that good behaviour.
This feedback is very necessary to improve the moral motivation and dedication of the
employees towards their job role. With the help of work based feedback I got to know that I need
to work on my weakness so that I can grab the opportunities. From the feedback I get to know
that I am poor in leadership skills and people are not listening to me and I am not able to
motivate them towards the job role.
For that reason I am continuously working on this scale and trying to improve them. Apart from
this I want much positive feedback as well such as I was excellent in the communication skill
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which has helped me a lot in the career and apart from this it this is still has helped me on every
stage (Shaheen,. and et.al 2020). Apart from this I can get feedback from my colleagues as well
because they know me very well.
So they also given me different feedbacks such as I will I am good in communication
skills but I need to focus on leadership skills as well because it is very important for me as I want
to become and marketing manager. Manager has to encourage their team and boost the
motivation of their team as well. So work place feedback is very necessary for each and every
employee because it increases the motivation and morale of employees and they can put more
efforts towards their performance and they continued to work on improving their performance
and their team and loyalty towards the company.
Conclusion
From the entire report it can be concluded that this report focuses on personal development.
This report provides detailed information about career progression plan so that individual can
know their skills and they can also set their goals. Apart from this skill audit is also being done in
this report so that individual can know their weaknesses. This report provides detailed
information about skill development and also provides work based feedback to the Employees.
References
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Dulschi, I., 2020. Professional culture of civil servants-a premise for a modern public
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