The Gibbs Reflective Model
Many a times the critical situation brings out the flair that might have not been discovered by an individual. Even some times we get to learn the ability to manage the difficult situation after facing the challenges and hurdles in the way to achieve success. Similarly, I have been learning various measures and ways to mitigate problems and finding proper way out to the solution after confronting various challenges. I have understood to take preventive measures and implement tackling strategies to identify the problem, evaluate the risk and solve it accordingly. The reflective report will show the investigation on the knowledge and experience that can be gained with the help of the Gibbs model to reflect on the development of the professional context.
The chosen reflective model is Gibb’s model. It simply acknowledges the personal feelings that had been influenced or studied by a particular situation. It also shows the impact and the actions that were reflected during the situation. It breaks down the reflection of the situation in 6 different stages where first the situation is critically described in brief then into evaluation of the situation then analyzing and implementing the actions that could be taken in situation arising in future. This reflection model clearly links the experience with the learning and the future practices that need to be taken into consideration.
After applying the Gibb’s reflective model to the situation the three main things that have been learned by me are to gain self confidence and never lose it easily; managing time is the key to success and communication is another way of motivation.
Lack of self confidence can lead to poor performance and even failure some time. This I understood from my past experiences that with confidence I can never become a successful person. Developing self confidence is mandatory rather than making it optional. Self confidence makes a difference in desire and achieving what I need. It aims to accomplish the dream that I thought I could never achieve. Self confidence help to choose the right way and make the correct decisions aligned with desire and values. It will make me productive and help to manage time wisely. Self confident can boost with the energy that I am confident with my abilities and in terms of productive (Edison 2016). Leadership quality includes self confidence and confidence includes being aware of self. Confidences will also a play key role in my ambition of becoming a successful manager and an honest person in life. It will help me to enhance my leadership skill and get my goals accomplished. My recent experience in the reflective model I realized that confidence is more important than my skills and knowledge as it helps me to make difficult decisions and competent.
The Three Key Skills for Success
Managing time is another factor that I have learnt from PPDI. It is crucial and in my experience I have learned that it is significantly crucial because time is limited and I have lot to achieve. Time management will help me to learn to control time and my activities that will also improve my ability to focus. Increased focus enhances efficiency. Managing is the key to success and it is wisely clear to me as I have seen that while I manage time I make the correct decision. Correct decision is termed to those decisions where I eliminate the unnecessary activities and prioritize the importance task. I understood the difference between important and urgent which is an essential knowledge I have learned I think. As I made the difference between this both now I have discover the power of list-making. I also learned that once I learned managing time it will reduce the process of rushing and pressure instead I started examining the situation and make decisions carefully. It is to my belief that now I will be able to become a good manager who is capable of completing the task and beating deadlines much easier.
Communicating with others is important as it helps in building relationship with others. I also recognized that mastering my ambition it is necessary to build relationship. Building relationship is promoted by the help of communication. It will let me to establish trust around my people which will be beneficial for me. Hence, communication is also motivating in nature. It motivates me to accomplish my goals and do work without hesitant. Communication is also crucial as it will help me to achieve my dream of becoming a manager. It will help me to serve the organization where I work in a more effective way such as I can give the employee feedback on their performance, and then I can build teams. I can encourage the employees to make their own decision and with my communication skill I can also increase morale, productivity effectively (Carnegie 2017). Communication skill is also helpful in place where I can manage to conflicts and help resolve the same. My communicating skill will facilitate a two way dialogue in executing performance appraisals.
In my life, I have had various opportunities to learn but I never looked into deep with these skills. However, in my recent experiences I have been learning to manage time which is an essential skill that I was lacking before. Previously I used to believe there is not much need of communication with others because I can complete my task with my own capabilities and knowledge. This is completely wrong and not only communication help in promoting healthy relation but also enhances the soft skill that is required in future. I also even never focused upon boosting confidence in me because may be I did not faced such crisis or I did not understood the importance of it. These three skills are related to each other and are nourished each time the events take place. The composition of the level of challenge faced is also the main force that affects the three factors simultaneously. There is a crucial need to arrange these factors and take control over them each time to resist negativity.
Self-Confidence
However, with applying the Gibb’s model it has been beneficial to me as I have made analysis on the situation which helped me to enhance my thinking power and looking over the situation always from different perspective. Gibb’s reflective cycle states learning by doing which from my point is what we do in our daily life. We learn from our past mistakes and achieve the next time when we confront the same. The reflective cycle aims at putting a challenge in my assumptions. It will help me to explore new thinking power and ideas to manage such situation in future. It helps in improving self skills and behavior by linking practice and theories to measure the results that have been applied while tackling the situation.
I believe that gaining new knowledge I will be able to perform my task more efficiently and effectively. I have learned little knowledge that is essential in daily life. At first managing time, boosting self confidence and communicating with others. Mixing each of the three factors in the right proportion will lead me to achievement in any of the situation. It is an expected part of continuous professional development which is done by the help of self analysis and is useful to understand the consequences that happened related to the event. I also believe that in the coming days I will practice actions that will be held to increase my strengths and enhance the creative part of my life.
From the above discourse it can be concluded that the learning through reflection is an effective way to understand and enhance the personal and professional development. The chosen reflective model has enabled me to understand three different skills that have a significant impact on the decision making. The three factors are self confidence, communication skills that will help to build interrelations to promote healthy work environment and time management is another factor that is a key to success. Though I have realized that all the three factors are related to each other in such manner where they contribute combining and resulting into accomplishment of success. While applying Gibbs model of reflective cycle it had improved the way to look upon the situations. It ensures that every situation must be seen, evaluated and then implemented with the action along with calculating the risk. Learning by doing will help to understand the gaps and fill them by sharpening the source of acquiring the knowledge.
Reference
Carnegie, D., 2017. How to develop self-confidence and influence people by public speaking. Simon and Schuster.
Edison, S.J., 2016. Building Self Confidence and Competence.