How does one genuinely identify one's own, non-technical, learning and development needs?

As a solicitor, each year, I need to make a statement of solicitor competence. Aside from the regulatory requirement, I want to do a great job for my clients: it is a source of my own personal, professional pride. Similarly, most of my work comes from word of mouth referrals so, simply from a grubby money-making point of view, doing a good job just makes sense. The requirement, at a high level, is pretty obvious: the ability to perform the roles and tasks required by one’s job to the expected standard The Solicitors Regulation Authority helpfully breaks this down into a number of different areas: A Ethics, professionalism and judgment B Technical legal practice C Working with other people D Managing themselves and their own work Technical competence Crucially, based on the SRA’s list, technical competence - the “knowing and applying the law” bit - is just one facet of overall competence. In terms of learning outcomes / knowing what continuing education I need, this is pretty…