by John G. Self | Jun 8, 2018 | Executive Leadership
Employee engagement in American has, and remains, a significant problem for businesses. The vast majority of our employees are not engaged. Only 32% of employees in the United States are engaged, according to a Gallup poll. That means over two-thirds of employees...
by John G. Self | Mar 16, 2017 | Career Management, Leadership
Too many CEOs do not “go to an employee’s office and thank them for doing a good job. They try to delegate that to their HR departments, but you can’t. If you want to be the leader, then you have to appreciate and respect your employees. One way too...
by John G. Self | Jun 30, 2016 | Career Transition/Outplacement, Executive Leadership, Millennials, Patient Safety, Quality of Care
Today we look at the whole issue of employee engagement, or rather the sad state of poor employee engagement throughout the US. Fully half of America’s workers are not fully engaged and one-fourth are actively disengaged, according to a Gallup survey. In...
by John G. Self | Mar 2, 2015 | Healthcare, Leadership
A wise and seasoned, if not a little cynical CEO I know, once described the payroll process at a former hospital as “distributing cash to zombies” or “paying people for something we are not getting.” In other words, paying employees just to show up. He also described...
by John G. Self | Oct 24, 2017 | Leadership
Hattie Mae was an extraordinary woman. In a family decimated by the death of a father prior to the start of the Great Depression, she emerged as a leader for her six siblings. Her mother, Cora, ruled the family but it was Hattie Mae who set the example of hard work...
