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Growing faster to make an impact

Growing faster to make an impact

From the course: Developing Adaptability as a Manager

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Growing faster to make an impact

- We all know by now that you can't just close up shop after you graduated from college and say my learning is finished. Obviously, the world is changing too fast for that to be a viable strategy. But too many professionals still assume that their company will set the path out for them and tell them what they need to know and do. Corporate professional development can sometimes be excellent but it should never be your only strategy for keeping your skills and abilities current. Professional growth shouldn't just be reactive. That leads to a patchwork approach that maybe ill suited to your interests and talents. Instead, the best leaders create their own personalized curriculum for learning and development. Here's how to craft one that works for you. First, to develop an appropriate personal learning curriculum, it pays to know where you wanna go. In the Harvard Business Review, I've written about a strategy called pre-writing your resume in which you identify the job you'd like to…

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