Every business today is about relationships, including cancer registry. The

quality and impact of your work, and the success of your cancer registry,

depends on your relationships. As a Cancer Registrar you are facing new

challenges in terms of reporting standards and data quality. As

professionals it is important that you shake things up to stay fresh and

viable in the business by reinventing yourself and your relationships.

Cancer Registrars must figure out the next chapter in their lives, despite

ever-changing requirements, economic struggles or organizational cutbacks.

Standing still is not an option because if you are not growing, you are

becoming stagnant or even dying professionally.

Use these eight questions to evaluate where your situation and to take action

to ensure that your career and professional success keep pace with cancer

healthcare. In fact, use these questions with your staff or co-workers to

align yourselves for even greater success.

1. What fundamental activities or aspects about your work is important to

you? Why?

2. What is your mission in life and as a cancer registrar?

3. What is your philosophy in life and as a cancer registrar?

4. To find your passion, think back to a time when you were operating "in

the zone." What were you doing to get to that place in your life?

5. Look at the people in your circle of influence, are they helping or

hindering you? What, or whom, do you need to add to your circle of

influence?

6. Look ahead three years, where would you like to be in your professional

life? What would your ideal cancer registry career look like? Then, frame

your responses in the form of professional goals.

7. Ask yourself, if you are sitting here in this same spot three years from

now, what would have to happen for you to feel fulfilled and content with

your work?

8. Look at the cancer registry masters who have accomplished what you are

trying to achieve, what strategies did they use? How can those strategies

work for you?

Reinventing yourself is hard work and reinventing relationships will require

patience, thought and planning. However, if you choose not to do this you

will likely be left behind or miss out on the success and professional

recognition you deserve. Always keep your eye on the end goal and

"prize." Make a commitment to take your work to a higher level and one

that is dedicated to serving the needs of your organization, your

professional community, and the customers they serve. Capitalize on the

value that cancer registrars and the healthcare team brings to their work and

find new or different ways to collaborate and serve the needs of others.

This kind of focus will ensure that your business relationships remain fresh

and productive and that you, as a cancer registrar, achieve success.

http://www.RegistryMindset.com. 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.