title: Managing Me Incorporated: how to survive and thrive in the 21st century.
abstract: No matter what your job position or title, YOU are President and Chief Executive Officer of "Me Incorporated", the single most exciting company in the world. We are in the midst of a great revolution, summarized in the "Delta Table of Revolutions". Part one of this table looks at macro trends--trends affecting our economy and society. Part two examines the revolution taking place within health care. Part three looks at the revolution taking place within laboratory medicine. To survive and thrive in the 21st century, Me Inc. must adopt the best practices of any highly successful company. Me Inc. must develop its core competencies--transferable skills that you can take with you from one organization to another. There are 10 core competencies of Me Inc. These are over and above the essential technical, scientific, and/or medical knowledge and skills that you have. The core competencies you require minus the core competencies you possess equal your skills gap. The key to success for Me Inc. is to close the skills gap. This must be undertaken in a carefully planned way. You must form a clear, concise, and, above all, written plan with specific, realistic, and measurable goals.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Chemistry, Metabolic Diseases and Information Services, Public Health Branch, Manitoba Health.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D017056:Medical Laboratory Personnel / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011361:Professional Competence; D014481:United States