On Tuesday, May 22, 2012 Registry Mindset was pleased to sponsor the first Cancer Registry Leadership Mentoring Group. Members on the call will participate in monthly calls and webinars to grow the leadership skills of each member as well as those of cancer registrars around the world.
Vision Statement: We envision a future where every cancer registrar:
Has the mindset, skills and resources needed to consistently achieve successful outcomes as effective leaders.
Is empowered to enthusiastically explore new leadership opportunities that support advances in cancer registration, science, medicine and quality control.
Is engaged in a culture of mentoring other cancer registrars, and
Influences his/her team to achieve excellence in oncology healthcare.
If you, or another cancer registrar would like to join this dynamic, forward-thinking group of cancer registry professionals click here and sign-up today!
What do you do each morning to get your brain in gear? Sometimes we think we need to do something complex or difficult when it is the simplest things that work best.
Dr. Henry Cloud has some great insight on how to get rid of the “toxic stuff” and move ahead. . . “because every breath you take is headed somewhere.”
Dr. Cloud is a leadership consultant, best-selling author, and speaker, selling over 5 million copies of his books. He is highly regarded in faith-based and secular organizations for his ability to connect with people on topics of personal growth, conflict, leadership and performance at home and in business.
How has your day gone so far? If you are like many people you went about your business today with some ups, and some downs. For some it may have been worse, or perhaps even better. Shaping our world is something that we CAN and should be doing. Nothing should be left to chance or placed in the hands of someone else. Gary Lew said this so well, “This is your world. Shape it or someone else will.”
We have the power and ability within ourselves to not only shape our world, but to create a life that is beyond our wildest dreams and imagination. We are not saddled with what someone else expects of us. One only has to look at the Special Olympics, or other people that have overcome significant hardship or challenges to do something great. So, why is that so many people, with the world at their fingertips and so many blessings and gifts in hand, can’t make a go at success or happiness?
Joel Osteen, in his book Your Best Life Now: 7 steps to Living at Your Full Potential, said, “You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It won’t happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, ‘I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life.”
Each of us has potential and the God-given choices abilities to use that for something great. How we go about it, or how we shape our life to use these resources is entirely up to us. Cancer Registrars can easily get overwhelmed with rules, changes, guidelines, coding requirements and the constant change and shifting that is happening in healthcare today. But, even with all that, they can rise above it and change their world.
So, how are you shaping your world today? What do YOU do that makes a difference? What do YOU do that keeps you going no matter what? Please share with us your tips and secrets. It is by sharing and helping one another that we grow.
In closing, consider this statement by Maria Shriver, who I think is an excellent example of someone who has risen above the fray many times. “Make the job a reflection of you, as opposed to you trying to fit into the job.” Cancer Registrars, does your work reflect well of you or are you swimming in self-doubt? Are you bringing your expertise to the table to meet the organization’s business need, or are you slumped back in your chair waiting for someone to come to you? Are you using your skills, talents and worth to shape and serve your world?
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Michele Webb creator of http://www.RegistryMindset.comthe cancer registrar’s best online resource, is a nationally recognized, certified cancer registrar, committed to Cancer Registry leadership and professional education as a coach, mentor, motivational speaker and author. You have permission to repost this article as long as do not alter it in any way and give a link back and credit to the author and this URL.
YOU can make a difference. We underestimate how important our words and actions are and the long-term effect they may have on someone. Decide today that you will be a difference maker!
As we approach the Thanksgiving Day holiday we all look forward to spending time with family and friends, good food, rest, relaxation and just “getting away from it all” even if only for a day or so. The holiday also gives us opportunity to appreciate the blessings we have in our lives.
While this is good, we can, and should, maximize gratitude and our performance by learning realistic thinking. Realistic thinking and daily thoughts of gratitude will not only enhance your value as a cancer registrar but they contribute to a healthier and happier lifestyle. All this, literally, is 100% free and readily available. Just imagine, no medical bills, no pills to take, no doctor visits. Instead, it is a process we use to think about and react to our daily lives and the world around us.
Now, realistic thinking is not about replacing negative thought with positive thoughts. We will always have and be bombarded by negative thoughts in our society. Instead, realistic thinking is the development of a process that helps you to change deeply ingrained habits of thought. Your awareness will increase as your abilities to control your thought processes and reactions increase. This, in a nutshell, is how you become a realistic thinker and move forward to a life of gratitude, happiness and success. When you incorporate daily gratitude and appreciation with realistic thinking you become a “force to be reckoned with” and significantly enhance your ability to change your thought patterns and reactions.
As cancer registrars our reactions to our workplace and environment are observed by others. Negative thoughts and behaviors detract from our effectiveness as a cancer registrar and negatively impact the value our profession and industry has in patient care. Just imagine the power and success that we can all experience if cancer registrars across the nation radically changed into realistic and grateful thinkers and doers! I know that each of us has the capability to make this change. I invite you to join me in evaluating your core behaviors and to adopt a realistic thinking process that will ensure your place in healthcare for the years to come.
To learn more about how gratitude can improve your brain health, happiness and longevity visit Dr. Daniel Amen’s website by clicking here.
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http://www.RegistryMindset.com. Michele Webb is a nationally recognized, certified cancer registrar (CTR) who is committed to Cancer Registry leadership and professional growth. She helps cancer registrars around the world as a motivational speaker, author, and educator. You have permission to repost this article as long as you do not alter it in any way, give credit to the author and link back to her website.
Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions is a great book written by Guy Kawasaki. In it, he explains how to influence what people will do while maintaining the highest standards of ethics. Here’s a snapshot of his poster on the subject to get you started!
Have you ever heard of anyone who was successful in their work, life or business that did not experience failure at some point in time? Probably not. And, if everyone was being honest they would probably tell you that they learned more from their failures than their successes.
In his book, Fail Up: 20 Lessons on Building SuccessTavis Smiley talks about failing up and draws an analogy to what he calls “The Drum Major Instinct.” Simply put, is your motivation to help or lead others coming from a positive, constructive spirit within you, or are you more interested in leading the parade, like a drum major? Your motivation and intention are predictors of your success.
As a cancer registrar it is easy to want to be the drum major and lead the parade. You may want everyone to fall in line behind you and to simply do as they are told. While many may adopt this approach it is a journey that is headed for disaster and dictated by your ego. Ego-driven leadership leads to ineffective and negative influence in the workplace. Intentions driven by ego do not serve a useful purpose in any situation.
Learning from our failures and then using the lessons learned to “fail up” is what achieving success is built upon. Cancer Registrars will be successful if they set their ego’s aside, somewhat like laying down the drum major’s baton, and learn from their failures. Smiley refers to these as “success scars.”
Here’s the bottom line. You cannot have success without failure. You must learn from those failures in order to stretch, grow and to reach a new level of achievement. And, when you reach the new level, you will likely fail and repeat the cycle again. Successful Cancer Registrars must go through this cycle in order to achieve their goals and serve the healthcare communities. Period.
If you have not taken the time to evaluate your failures and to identify what you learned from those situations then I encourage you to do that as quickly as possible. To get maximum effect, briefly write down the scenario in which you failed, how and why you think you failed and then craft some constructive and positive statements on what you have learned and how you can use that situation to fail up. By adopting this mindset to failure and success you will achieve much and be the cancer registrar you are meant to be!
http://www.RegistryMindset.com. Michele Webb is a nationally recognized, certified cancer registrar (CTR) who is committed to Cancer Registry leadership and professional growth. She helps cancer registrars around the world as a motivational speaker, author, and educator. You have permission to repost this article as long as you do not alter it in any way, give credit to the author and link back to her website.
