self-improvement

Converse of object

• encourage: During much of the 18th Century the mines were owned by Quakers, who encouraged self-improvement.
• promote: The Doxey Institute in the The Crescent was established as a reading room and to generally promote self-improvement.

Preposition: in

• service: The site encourages self-improvement in public services and has undergone a major transformation following feedback from councils.

Adjective modifier

• continual: I wonder if this continual self-improvement is why we have a 2 party system.
• continuous: The Agency will be a catalyst for a culture of continuous self-improvement, working on three sound principles.
• constant: Both of these attributes help you head toward your goal of constant self-improvement.

Modifies a noun

• book: As Amazon state, this is indeed no mere self-improvement book!
• course: God isn't into self-improvement courses, he's into transforming us from within.
• need: We provide high quality materials to meet the latest curriculum, academic, professional and self-improvement needs in the UK and overseas.
• guide: An inspirational self-improvement guide, written in the form of a series of letters - teachings from a wise old uncle.
• program: Time Magazine reports: " NLP has untapped potential for treating individual problems and has become an all-purpose self-improvement program and technology.
• group: When Chavez transformed their mission into community self-improvement groups, tho, they faltered and disappeared, just as the Bolivarian Circles.

Noun used with modifier

• school: The program addresses the characteristics of learning organizations and offers a framework for school self-improvement whilst helping schools achieve Investor in People status.
• provider: It is also seen to be a vehicle for a cultural shift toward provider self-improvement.