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High Performance Learner Characteristic 2: Self-directed development

What will you do differently this week to be intentional when planning the learning opportunities required to get to where you want to be?

Our research says:

Top performers are more likely to take an intentional, self-directed approach to planning the learning opportunities required to get to the top. About 80 percent of such performers agree that they know what they need to do in terms of using learning to support career development, compared with 69 percent of typical performers.

Formal training is one significant part of the overall picture of this intentional approach to learning. Top performers take approximately 40 percent more training hours than the employee average. But independent and informal learning is also a critical aspect of top performers’ success. For example, top performers are more likely than typical performers to do independent reading in their area of specialty.

What will you do this week?

Tell us in the comments box what you do this week to find ways to get the training/learning you need.

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