Self Awareness
Word Count: 1756
Word Count: 1756
PErsonal Development Assignment 1
Self-awareness reflection
PErsonal Development Assignment 1
Self-awareness reflection
Contents Self-awareness reflection 2 1. Introduction 2 2. Reflection and the way forward 2 2.1 Reflecting on personal development 2 2.2 Reflect on recent career 4 2.3 Planning ahead 5 3 Conclusion 6 4 References 7 5 Appendixes 8 5.1 Appendix A – High Level Activity Plan 2013 8 5.2 Appendix B – Schedule 8
Self-awareness reflection 1. Introduction
How you access yourself in order to become more self-aware and how you reflect on your career on an ongoing basis is of utmost importance to ensure a successful personal development plan is followed continuously. In the current day and age most managers find it very difficult to set time aside for proper reflection and to spend some quality time putting development plans in place to ensure constant personal growth and development.
Some of the key questions a typical manager will have to answer is how to find a balance between work, family life and personal development, or what would be the best models and tools currently available to assist him or herself to enable optimum personal growth. Another question would be how to apply these tools optimally based on your current circumstances.
In this assessment I will attempt to address some of these questions, however, I do think that some of the proposals that I will put forward will have to be reviewed on an ongoing bases. This is to ensure it stays aligned with my ever evolving understanding of self-development.
2. Reflection and the way forward 2.1 Reflecting on personal development
If I have to reflect back on my career it is clear that I have reached a key moment in my life about three years ago when I hit a ceiling as a subject matter expert. I also realised that I do not have sufficient management experience to make a smooth transition from a
Word Count: 1756
PErsonal Development Assignment 1
Self-awareness reflection
PErsonal Development Assignment 1
Self-awareness reflection
Contents Self-awareness reflection 2 1. Introduction 2 2. Reflection and the way forward 2 2.1 Reflecting on personal development 2 2.2 Reflect on recent career 4 2.3 Planning ahead 5 3 Conclusion 6 4 References 7 5 Appendixes 8 5.1 Appendix A – High Level Activity Plan 2013 8 5.2 Appendix B – Schedule 8
Self-awareness reflection 1. Introduction
How you access yourself in order to become more self-aware and how you reflect on your career on an ongoing basis is of utmost importance to ensure a successful personal development plan is followed continuously. In the current day and age most managers find it very difficult to set time aside for proper reflection and to spend some quality time putting development plans in place to ensure constant personal growth and development.
Some of the key questions a typical manager will have to answer is how to find a balance between work, family life and personal development, or what would be the best models and tools currently available to assist him or herself to enable optimum personal growth. Another question would be how to apply these tools optimally based on your current circumstances.
In this assessment I will attempt to address some of these questions, however, I do think that some of the proposals that I will put forward will have to be reviewed on an ongoing bases. This is to ensure it stays aligned with my ever evolving understanding of self-development.
2. Reflection and the way forward 2.1 Reflecting on personal development
If I have to reflect back on my career it is clear that I have reached a key moment in my life about three years ago when I hit a ceiling as a subject matter expert. I also realised that I do not have sufficient management experience to make a smooth transition from a
References: Belbin (2012). The Belbin Team Role Report Henley Star (2011) Henley Team Working Questionnaire (2010). Henley Business School Honey & Mumford (2000) Kolb (1985). The Learning Cycle. Lewin, K (1952). Force Field Analysis Model Prof Pedler, M, Burgoyne, J & Boydell, T (2007) Activity 53: Backwards review. In: A Manager’s Guide to Self-Development, 5th ed. McGraw-Hill *