Mindset as a Medicine: Driving Project Success

Dr. Deepa Bhide, PMP is a physician and currently an independent healthcare IT and project management consultant. She has a postgraduate degree in Pediatrics and Neonatology from the University of Health Sciences, India. Deepa is an advocate of using project management in healthcare and related domains. She has worked extensively in the confluence of clinical medicine, IT and project management domains with hands-on experience in managing projects from conception to closure.

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In simple terms, a skill set refers to a person’s skills or abilities—what a person can do. In other words, it is a proficiency or dexterity that one acquires by virtue of his/her practice or training, either in a job or otherwise.

In the job world, your skill set determines your “sell-ability” and your ability to land a job (or ascend higher on the ladder). Organizations view it as what you can “do” to bring value to the table that will eventually help them gain a financial advantage and credibility. The word "do” can encompass a range of activities that could (in one way) be viewed as moving up the value chain—from simple to complex, as in transactional tasks to tasks that are a function of cognitive and analytical abilities.

A robust skill set is a function of one’s education and work experience and an asset to be mindful of. Skill sets can be of various types:

• Soft skills: Interpersonal or social skills that help people efficiently work with others on the team. Examples of soft skills are leadership, problem solving, communication, critical thinking and adaptability.
• Technical skills: The ability to perform specific tasks such as computer programming or operating machinery, or knowing a specific language.

While one can boast of possessing a plethora of skills that he/she would have acquired over a…

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