The Educated Executive: How to Advance Your Career in Management Through Self-Development

Aluin Gilchrist is a Vancouver-based Canadian government civil
litigation lawyer.

Don’t let the title put you off: this book is for anyone who wants to
make learning less painful. It is not for management executives only.

If you do not want to undergo formal continuing education courses, you
probably have some bad learning habits. Here are fundamental
“how-to” skills. Every one of them works well. There is nothing
intimidating about them. Each is fully set out in 10 pages or less. They
may be acquired independently. And as you get any one of these skills up
and running, they will work so well that an old bad habit will go. The
Educated Executive begins with goal-setting and needs analysis, then
continues through steps necessary for successful completion of a
self-development program. Most people will not read this book and will
not develop these skills, but every time you make the effort, your world
will grow a bit bigger and friendlier, and your enjoyment of life will
increase.

This reasonably priced little book is a model of clarity and brevity.
It is very well done.