title: Secrets of management success.
abstract: Research has shown that certain characteristics set successful managers apart from their less successful colleagues. Research that is just beginning shows that most of those characteristics also set successful physician executives apart. This article is based on presentations at the College's 1989 National Conference in Washington, D.C., and introduces concepts that will be reported on in more detail in upcoming issues of Physician Executive.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D010551:Personality; D010565:Persuasive Communication; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000592:standards*; D011361:Professional Competence; D012649:Self Concept; D014481:United States