title: Becoming who you are.
abstract: It's difficult to predict success based only on educational background and career experience, important as they are. More is needed. And one of the aspects that needs to be evaluated is the degree of self-actualization. Self-actualized individuals have worked out their personal issues well enough that their personal life no longer has to intrude into their professional lives and actions. In a word, they are free people. In career terms, self-actualized people are "company people," but not "yes-people." They are executives who have freed themselves to be able to internalize the growth, development, and strategic planning of their organization--because they are able to rise above personal considerations, to shed emotionalism, and see more clearly. Some methods you can use to figure out where you stack up are: Conduct a self-evaluation; identify role models; do what is called "a 360 evaluation."
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Lyons
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000523:psychology*; D012647:Self-Assessment; D014481:United States