Helps taking accurate and efficient decision making
Psychologists have emphasized that working in the right environment with all cognitive skills will help the person to succeed in his career. An optimum level of engagement and working through the skills will help the employee get benefits in the organization. With a great level of showing the skills, performing at the optimum level, showing teamwork, effective communication skills, negotiating skills, teamwork skills, and others will help to achieve a higher level of engagements. It is imperative at this stage for the individual to work on these skills from time to time so that he will be able to succeed. These skills need to be polished at regular intervals and to know which skills need to be polished, it is important to know your strengths and weaknesses. In order to understand your strengths and weaknesses, it is important to analyze them using the different assessment tools and getting feedback from the people around you. The psychological perspectives and workplace environment need to be understood well in order to stay in the competitive environment.
Journal Entry 1
The core skill I like to develop is Negotiation. Negotiation is the interaction between the various people having a different point of view, and beliefs regarding an issue that may lead to a resolution or mutually agreed on perception or the strategically defined course of action. It is defined as a continual interpersonal interactive process of decision making (Cleary, 2020). |
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Can you identify any contradictions from your analysis above? For example, is there a match between how you see yourself and how others see you, or not? There are several times when there is a difference in opinion mostly in my peer groups or during some group activities. A few days back, when participating in a group activity, we were to choose a topic. Two of the members refused the topic which was given by me. I acted as a negotiator and the decision was quickly reached and the topic given by me was chosen and in end, we won the group activity. Even with the difference in opinion, I was able to convince my team to listen and believe in me. |
It is important to identify your strengths and weaknesses and analysis them in order to discover the professional growth opportunities that may exist in the future. The interpersonal skills can be a personal as well as professional obstacle that might hinder your growth and it is important that they should be identified so that they can be improved upon for the better career goals and for the future (analysis, 2020).
Understanding the strengths or weaknesses helps to focus on the right skills in the most optimum way. It helps in better life decisions moving forward and achieving the best in the career. Knowing the strengths will help you to use those powerful interpersonal skills during the difficult movements of your life. And the weaknesses will allow you to understand the necessary support you required in major areas where you require the additional assistant. By taking this additional support you will be able to turn your weakness into strengths and help in achieving your goals and objectives. And therefore it is a mandate to work on your strengths as well as weaknesses.
Personal Development Plan
| Specific | Measurable | Attainable | Relevant | Timely | |
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| Name the area of development you want to work on | Exactly what you want to work on |
When and how you will work on this? |
How are actions relevant to skill? |
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Public Speaking |
Anxiety |
Practicing the various communication techniques, read more books, learn to develop stories, watching TED talks | I will give an hour daily during the day to read books, an hour to watch TED talks, and will participate in various activities for gaining more confident | By putting the efforts on daily basis, will enhance in developing the skills. TED talks will help in understanding the various public speaking niches. | I believe that I can achieve this goal within the 6 months of self-practicing |
Development Area 2 Negotiation |
Take negotiating training Improve communication and listening skills |
I will meditate daily to improve myself extinct |
By putting the efforts on daily basis, will enhance in developing the skills. Training sessions will help in knowing the tricks of negotiating. | I believe within 1 year I can achieve this goal | |
Development Area 3 |
Participating in teams and group activities | I will participate in maximum activities at the university | By putting the efforts on daily basis, will enhance in developing the skills. Participation helps in knowing the various components associated with teamwork | I believe a teamwork cannot be mastered with a set time frame and requires continuous improvement. However I believe within the 2 years I will be very smooth in such activities. |
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