STRETCH STRATEGIES
To deepen your skills, seek experiences that offer appropriate challenges that stretch your capabilities. Strategies for building mastery include the following.
Strategic Assignments
Go after tasks and roles that give you reason to practice the skills you need to learn. Identify specific capabilities or areas to develop, assess your current skill level, and use the work assignment as a lab for learning. Try new behaviors, practice new skills, ask for feedback, and reflect on your level of improvement. A strategic assignment might be something you give yourself, but you are more likely to arrange it through your boss or mentor.
On your own, you may set a goal to improve a specific behavior or build your skill through existing ...
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