- Thoroughly review your company’s competencies and learn how much support they have from top management
- Determine your own competency ‘career path’ in the company
- Do a ‘reality test’ on yourself
- Seek others’ perspective on your efforts
- Seek your boss’s support for your career development efforts
- Determine the best way to acquire new skills[i]
[i] Morin, William, “Do Your Skills Match Your ‘Core Competencies’?”, National Business Employment Weekly, June 1, 1997, p. 15-16.