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5 Lessons on Management

Often, even as doctors, we find ourselves in a position where we have to deal with people management. Actually, even from med school, we are already exposed to organizations and 'study groups' that we sometimes head. More so during specialty training where hierarchy is very much observed. I am sure there are doctors out there acting as managers or CEO's of different corporations or companies. Indeed, we are no longer limited to the confines of the clinic and hospital. We have evolved to become much more than being members of the 'noble' profession. Here are 5 lessons on management shared to me by a colleague. The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.. . Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.' MLK, Jr. Lesson 1: A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower, when the doorbell rings. The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstai...