title: Becoming a company person.
abstract: Physicians face a management challenge in adjusting to being part of a larger organization. By nature, physicians are not "company people." For physician executives, whose instincts can still lean toward being ferociously independent and individualistic--therein lies the struggle. Here are a few suggestions to help physician executives make the adjustments that are required of a "company person": (1) Be in the right place; (2) abandon critical/negative thinking; (3) focus on the issues; (4) maintain solidarity; and (5) make your boss look good.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Lyons
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010558:Personnel Loyalty; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States