One of the most important things you can do for your professional development is to get some improv training. I studied improv for several years at Chicago’s Second City Training Center and it changed my life.

Improv made me a better communicator, a better team member and a better (and braver) person.

Someone in your community is teaching improv — a theater group, comedy troupe or community college — and these days you can even find classes online. Seek them out and sign up. You will not be di...