Are you dooming yourself to mediocrity?
The difference between an average boss and a truly great one is the willingness to dedicate time and resources to self-improvement, write Linda A. Hill and Kent Lineback. Management is a learned skill, and it's vital to expand your abilities before you run up against a challenge you're unable to solve. "Managers rarely ask themselves, 'How good am I?' and 'Do I need to be better?' unless they're shocked into it," Hill and Lineback write.
http://hbr.org/2011/01/are-you-a-good-boss-or-a-great-one/ar/1
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Recall the concept of CAN-I (pronounced kuyn-EYE) by Robbins (1991) "which stands for Continuous And Never-ending Improvement..... the level of success we experience in life is in direct proportion to the level of our commitment to CAN-I"
Managers need to keep up with things, especially in the digital age where "change" occurs real time
Remaining with the digital age theme, there are now the tools for managers to keep up..... I saw the link to this post on twitter and was able to participate in the debate immediately
Many managers do follow the path of lifelong learning. I am one, and I know and have worked with many more so its important to maintain perspective, the HBR are always great for stimulus of debate, we just need to watch that they don't generalise too much :-)
I suppose half the problem is that many people reach managerial level and then feel they've either 'arrived' and thus don't need to improve, or no longer have the time to learn, so don't. It's a real shame and will only lead them and their companies into obsolescence. There's no excuse not to improve yourself every day as there are so many ways to do so now, many of them free. The only real barrier is your own will and motivation.