Although I went on to become a self-taught manager, eventually becoming the National Director of the Canadian Conference of the Arts, I would have progressed much more smoothly through my career had I had some formal training. ###>Bien que je sois une gestionnaire autodidacte, au point d'être devenue la directrice nationale de la Conférence canadienne des arts, ma carrière aurait bien mieux progressé si j'avais eu une formation spécialisée.