University Workplace Success: Time, Communication, and Public Speaking

This assignment, titled "Foundations of Workplace Success," focuses on developing essential skills for professional growth. It addresses three key areas: time management, verbal communication, and public speaking. The student outlines a plan to improve time management by prioritizing tasks and avoiding distractions to meet deadlines effectively. Verbal communication skills are enhanced through practicing a friendly attitude, humility, and positive body language. Public speaking skills are developed by scripting ideas, practicing, and controlling nerves to deliver better presentations. The student reflects on the challenges faced, including overcoming fears of public speaking and improving communication, and details how these skills will contribute to future career success. The assignment highlights the importance of these skills in the corporate world and references relevant literature supporting the strategies employed.

Running head: FOUNDATIONS OF WORKPLACE SUCCESS
Foundations of Workplace Success
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author note

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What are you
going to learn?
How are you
going to learn?
Target date for
completion
How are you
going to know
you have learned
it?
How are you
going to prove
you have learned
it?
Time
management
because it will
enable meeting
deadlines, which
is necessary in the
professional field
(Boniwell and
Zimbardo 2015).
Importance
should be given to
tasks based on
their priority.
Distractions
should be avoided
while working.
The first 3 weeks
will be about
maintaining a
regular habit of
prioritizing the
tasks based on
their importance.
The assigned
deadlines will be
met in the
workplace
without any
problem.
No deadline
issues in the
workplace. Fast
work progress.
According to
Keyton et al.
(2013), Verbal
communication
skills are
essential, as it will
ensure clarity in
conversations.
A friendly attitude
should be sported
so that people can
approach easily.
Practicing
humility and a
positive body
language are keys
for good verbal
communication.
From week 2 until
week 6, practice
should be done on
improving the
ability of the self
to be friendlier
with people
around.
The number of
people
communicating
with me will
increase and the
attitude of the
people in the
immediate
surrounding will
be positive in
nature.
Better image
among the people
and people
speaking positive
about me.
Public speaking
art will allow for
better
Proper scripting
of the entire idea
and its optimum
In the last four
weeks (Week 6-
10), public
The fear of
conducting a
presentation at
Earning applause
from people after
a presentation or a

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presentations and
speeches in the
workplace while
addressing the
clients or other
employees
(Coopman and
Lull 2014).
practice is
necessary to be
able to deliver in
front of an
audience. Control
over nerves
should be a
priority for public
speaking.
speaking art will
be mastered as
communicating
skills are already
bettered in the last
6 weeks.
the seminar hall
will move away
and it will lead to
enjoyment of the
process rather
than displeasure
and nervousness.
speech will prove
that the lessons of
public speaking
are well mastered
(van Ginkel et al.
2017)
The assessment and solving the issues was difficult at the first place because they were all about
fighting the deepest fears that were in me. Fear of public speaking and verbal communication was a
big issue that I resolved practicing the provided solutions above. The issue of time management
popped out the problem of prioritizing tasks. I could not rightly list down the tasks as per their priority
but with regular practice and understanding, this became easy for me and the issue of missed deadline
was solved finally. The third issue that occurred was approaching people in order to enhance my
verbal communication skills. People did not always accept my friendly attitude and the negative
responses demoralized me but those minor setbacks were to be dealt with skillfully so that I could
again approach more people to talk and improve my verbal communication skills.
The next time such practices will not be the same for me as I have overcome my problems. I will
communicate more freely and present my ideas in a much better way so that people are comfortable
around me and are in good spirit. The communication skills that have been enhanced in this
assessment project will forever extent help as a good communicator will always succeed in career.
The corporate world is constantly in search of people who are good and efficient communicators.

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Reference list
Boniwell, I. and Zimbardo, P.G., 2015. Balancing time perspective in pursuit of optimal
functioning. Positive Psychology in Practice: Promoting Human Flourishing in Work,
Health, Education, and Everyday Life, Second Edition, pp.223-236.
Coopman, S.J. and Lull, J., 2014. Public speaking: The evolving art. Cengage Learning.
Keyton, J., Caputo, J.M., Ford, E.A., Fu, R., Leibowitz, S.A., Liu, T., Polasik, S.S., Ghosh, P.
and Wu, C., 2013. Investigating verbal workplace communication behaviors. The Journal of
Business Communication (1973), 50(2), pp.152-169.
van Ginkel, S., Gulikers, J., Biemans, H. and Mulder, M., 2017. The impact of the feedback
source on developing oral presentation competence. Studies in Higher Education, 42(9),
pp.1671-1685.