Self-Development: Reflection on Group Presentation and Action Plan

This report provides a comprehensive reflection on a student's self-development journey, specifically focusing on their performance in a group presentation. The introduction highlights the importance of personal development, self-awareness, and marketable skills. The main body of the report analyzes the student's performance, reflecting on their strengths and weaknesses during the group presentation. It identifies areas that require further development, such as communication and time management. The student then develops a detailed action plan, outlining objectives, tasks, success criteria, and timelines for improvement. The conclusion summarizes the key findings and emphasizes the importance of continuous self-improvement. The report highlights the student's commitment to enhancing their professional skills and achieving their goals, including improving communication, time management and note taking.

Self-Development and
Responsibility

Contents
INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.......................................................................................................................................3
1 Reflect performance in the group presentation...............................................................................3
2. Areas need to develop further........................................................................................................5
3. Develop an action plan..................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES....................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Personal development is referring to self-improvement as it includes attaining self-
awareness, striking and work-life balance and marketable skills. Thus, it is crucial for
individual to experiences that ideally build personal responsibility that help in drive their own
change. In addition of this, it is also referring to the activities that help in improving the
person’s talents, potential, employability and ability to realize as well as create wealth.
Current report is based on the reflection of individual who perform in group presentation. It
also includes create action plan that improve the individual performance.
MAIN BODY
1 Reflect performance in the group presentation
Being successful in life means a lot to an individual, it not only encourages the person
but also motivates to push his/her limits. Not matter whatever the results are even after so
much attempts of failure on should not give up on trying to reach it. However, having
appropriate skills and knowledge doesn’t makes the person successful. Hence, the person
who has a strong will power and dedication for reaching towards the end of goals becomes
the most successful person. To become successful there is no hard and fast rule just need
motivation and dedication no one is better than another person it is a matter of perception. It
is possible that the person who is nothing is recent times can become one of the renowned
people in future. Some people think that when they will become success, they will be the
happiest person in the world but it is totally the opposite “Happiness is the key to success”.
Working in a group is always a fun because it not only provides an opportunity to
interact with different people but also helps in enhancing the existing knowledge and skills.
To According to me to become successful it is important that you are guided by the right
person who can assist in achieving your goals and targets in an appropriate manner. We
cannot achieve success in one night, it is obtaining after so much hardship, responsible
activities, by maintaining a balance in activities. When you start your journey to become a
successful person it puts a great impact on the personal as well as professional life. Thus, it is
important that one knows about his/her strengths and weaknesses so that actions can be
performed accordingly.
“Meta-skill”, is known as the process with the help of which a person can improve
his/her learnings, simply means how a person can learn to learn things. My short-term plan in

order to become success, is to learn things as much as I can, so that I can complete my first
year of University with flying colours and successfully as well. Whereas if I talk about my
long-term plan so as to become successful than, it is to utilise all my learnings to start a
business through which I can improve the social life of myself and people as well. Therefore,
to do this I had to go through three stages i.e. framework for developing a strategy, analysing
and monitoring my progress and lastly, evaluating the performance so that, on the basis of
that further I can develop my strategies for improving my skills.
Henceforth, I developed a plan and work on identifying things that needs to be
improved. For example: I concentrated on taking written notes on things I want to learn like
start making class notes and went to library in order to learn more about the topic. Then later
on I focus on improving my time management skills which is very important for becoming a
successful person. Therefore, in the first stage I reviewed my present skills whether it is
appropriate for achieving my both short-term as well as long-term targets. Then after this I
realised that I need to work in establishing an effective communication process with other
individuals. Moreover, time management was a big challenge for me because end of the day I
use to mixed up all the things which is not appropriate. Because of this, I miss my deadlines
of learning things for my academics in a speculated time frame. However, I took help from
my tutors and gathered information related to my academic and other performance records.
Henceforth, based on the skills on which I was lacking behind I developed a strategy and
made a proper plan including personal skill audit, made a column of previous work study
comments and records. Along with this, I thought of the things or you can say I found out the
opportunities where I can practice my skills such as attending skill workshops, maintaining a
time schedule so that all the activities can be performed within the deadline period.
After the first stage, it is the time for the second stage where, I will monitor my
progress. Here there will be a proper use of my planning schedules. While managing my time
I felt some difficulties because I was having a lot of work to do but had a limited time for the
same. So, I changed my idea of increase the time period for learning that skills. Moreover, for
improving my skills I interacted with lot of people who were intellectual. For example: I
communicated with my teachers talked with them on regular basis. During the initial period
of working on my skills I faced a lot of problem it created a lot of chaos in my mind like from
where to start and how will I finish my target. But after some time, I realised that I was doing
well in improving my skills. Teachers and my colleagues were giving me positive feedbacks,

in my academics I was doing well my habit of making class notes is assisting me in doing
performing well.
In the last stage, I analysed and evaluated my performance and got to know that how I
performed. I competed my schedule and as compare to my previous skills I developed my
skills of managing my work. Now I can easily, convey my message using appropriate
communication skills without creating any confusion. All these activities changed my
perception of thinking and reviewing any tasks. The entire activity made me more intellectual
and improved my dedication level for achieving my aims and objectives. As a result, my
short term-was fulfilled and I passed my first year of University and achieved the top
position. Therefore, I believe that my ability of learning new skills will definitely help me in
fulfilling my long-term goals i.e. to do better things for the society.
2. Areas need to develop further
There is various area that I need to develop in future so that I can easily attain all the
set criteria and success as well. At the time of group presentation, I analysed that a lot of
experience I have gained that support me in improving my personality and at the same time
also helped me in developing my personal and professional knowledge. Basically, group
work is one of the effective phases of learning because it includes various things and work to
do in a team. It also provides support and path to individual to improve their leaning. The
main reason behind this is that working in a team may develop various area wherein
individual can improve their performance and also share their views to others. It may create
opportunities to determining various alternative ways to complete the group task in an
effective manner. While performing in a team, I analysed that there are different skills and
abilities that I used to execute group activities but from these some skills are required more
improvement so that I can easily enhance my personal development. As my communication
skill required little bit improvement because some time, I fail in interacting with my team
members that put negative impact and also create misunderstanding among group. It is one of
the major areas in my group presentation that need to develop for attaining best and effective
results. With the help of effective communication skill, I can easily share my views in-front
of my group members and at the same time also eliminate all the chances to create any kind
of misunderstanding. Along with this, time management is also considered as an important
area that required development and improvement because at the time of executing in a team
activity managing time is crucial as it help in attaining set targets in stipulated time frame. In
group presentation, I fail in managing time of performing activities as it missed the deadline

of task. It is become a major issue that put adverse impact over the end targets of the team
activities. Thus, it is necessary for me to manage proper time limit at the time of performing
task activities. With the assistance of this I can easily accomplishing my set targets in allotted
period of time. This will directly contribute in making group presentation ore effective and
successful as well. Furthermore, taking notes is also important at the time of team activities
as it support in reducing the chances of arising any kind of obstacles and misunderstanding in
task activities. By improving this type of skill is also beneficial in attaining all the personal
and professional objectives in an effective manner. All these are the major area which
required further development that support me in making more successful in my life.
3. Develop an action plan
It is crucial for an individual to develop an effective action plan that help them in
improving their skills and abilities in an appropriate manner. With the help of this, individual
develop their professional and personal life by taking effective action to improve the same.
Objectives
(List of goals)
Tasks
(What you
need to do to
achieve the
goals)
Success
Criteria
(How you will
identify your
success)
Time Frame
(By when you
need to
complete the
tasks)
Resources
(What or who
can help your
complete tasks)
Time
management
It is one of the
important tasks
and area that is
required to
develop because
without it I can
not attain my
targets easily
and also fail in
performing
allotted task in
particular
period of time.
By managing all
the task and
activities along
with allotted
period of time.
4 weeks Proper planning
or schedule of
entire activities
that needs to be
completed in
the group
activities. Along
with this, my
mentor and
team leader
helped me in
performing all
the activities in
specified time

frame.
Communication In group
presentation, I
feel hesitation at
the time of
communicating
as well as
sharing my
opinion with my
team members
that put
negative impact
over the end
goals of the
group
presentation.
Taking
participate in
conference,
group
discussion and
many more
activities
through which
in can improve
my
communication
skills.
1.5 month Group
presentation,
discussion
helped me in
attaining my set
targets. In this
my team
members and
my senior
support, me in
improving my
communication
skills.
Note taking At the time of
team activities,
taking notes of
all the important
activities is
crucial as it
support in
eliminating the
possibilities of
arising any kind
of issues and
obstacles at the
time of
performing task
and activities as
well.
Taking notes of
every important
activity that
should be
consider in the
team
performance.
By this I can
easily attain my
set targets
without any
kind of negative
aspects.
2 weeks Note pad,
proper meeting
schedule, better
communication
with team
members and
senior members.
This will helped
me in
improving skill
of taking notes.

CONCLUSION
From the above-mentioned report, it has been concluded that every individual needs
to improve their personal and professional career that support them in attaining all the set
targets in an effective way. In addition of this, there are various skills that also required to
improve such as better communication skills, proper time management, taking notes and
many more. All these are the beneficial in attaining their career growth and at the same time
also help them in providing a path to evaluate the overall progress within their life.

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