professional growth

Workplace skill building

Professional growth is the development of skills, knowledge, and capabilities related to one's career or occupation.

It encompasses formal training, mentorship, and on-the-job learning that advances competence or opens new opportunities: The company invests heavily in professional growth.

Unlike personal growth, professional growth is measured against workplace demands and career trajectories.

Opposites
career trajectory

professional growthdeskilling

Reducing job complexity

burnout · career stagnation · stagnation · demotion · downward mobility

developmental stance

professional growthcomplacency

Uncritical satisfaction with oneself

stagnation · coasting · closed-mindedness · resting on one's laurels · going through the motions

developmental momentum

professional growthstagnation

Absence of flow or progress

career stagnation · stasis · dead-end job · going through the motions · treading water

Family

growth, professional

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G