Reflection On Gibbs Reflective Cycle

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The last and for me the most interesting course of our MBA program was “Creative Problem Solving and Consultancy Project” because actually, we were working on real projects that had been taken from business. My learning outcomes and feelings from this course I will discuss further in my reflection of the project. Gibbs’ reflective cycle will be used as it is a popular model for reflection. The model includes 6 stages of reflection and is presented below as cited in Dye (2011).
Figure 1. Gibbs’ reflective cycle
Source: Dye (2011)
During the first lesson of our course, we divided into the groups in order to work real-life business projects introduced by our client. Our Group consisted of 6 people: Fatma, Boyd, Sophia, Aigul, Volodimir and me.
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Yet when it came to our group I simply cannot think of anything that happened in our group that could be considered a conflict. Fatma is someone we all respect both as our elder and as a friend. Since she was a manager, she is great at working with groups. Boyd is one of the nicest people I have ever met and was willing to do anything to help the group. Fatma and I really got along well because we are both came from business and the more we got to know each other the more we realized how much we had in common. I am very glad to say that our group never had to deal with any …show more content…
I think we all provided leadership in different ways. Fatma, being a manager, obviously has experience as a leader and it definitely showed. She was great at keeping the atmosphere of our group relaxed but also knowing when to remind us that we had work to do. Volodimir is a person who’s easy to follow because he has such a calming way that he carries himself. He is an honest, caring, smart person and this makes him a natural leader. Because of my experience in finance and accounting I have had experience both being a leader and being around good

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