ABSTRACT
Chapter 10 focuses on the need to incorporate self-direction into everyday practice and to maintain a focus to keep up with learning continuously. The aim of Developing Managerial Proficiency is to inspire the reader and any manager or aspiring manager to reflect on what competencies you need to be successful and to seek to develop these competencies. Management is a process, and the capacity to grow as a manager will ultimately determine your future success. This chapter expands the view of self-directed learning and includes worksheets and illustrations of how to capture unrelated learning moments and how to deal with new or immediate challenges that may not have been uncovered during a self-assessment. Embracing lifelong learning using a self-directed approach provides lasting benefits and can be applied to all your learning needs – not just the ones you may prioritize in a self-assessment.
