by John G. Self | Jun 14, 2016 | Career Management, Executive Leadership, Healthcare, Podcast
The use of stories to illustrate a point, to sell an idea — to win the hearts and minds of followers — has been around since the beginning of time. Today we are seeing a renewed interest in the art form of storytelling to motivate and engage employees. As...
by John G. Self | Jun 11, 2016 | Career Management, Executive Leadership, Leadership, Patient Safety, Podcast, Quality of Care
This weekend, we focus on leadership values. Ken Richmond, FACHE, an interim executive based in Buffalo, New York, walks the talk when it comes to being a values leader. It is not a good day unless he visits with at least five patients and tours the facility talking...
by John G. Self | Jun 8, 2016 | Career Management, Current Affairs, Executive Leadership, Healthcare, Leadership, Military Career Transition, Millennials
One of the great perplexing secrets in life — at least among those who recruit executives for a living — is what makes a good leader. Why do some people rise and others remain where they started? Researchers often look for complex explanations when the answer is, in...
by John G. Self | Jun 4, 2016 | Career Management, Current Affairs, Executive Leadership, Leadership
It’s Saturday. John has a steaming cup of Community Coffee and the morning papers as well as notes on interesting ideas from the past week so settle in for interesting information and insight that will help you manage your career. Today he shares some...
by John G. Self | May 28, 2016 | Career Management, Current Affairs, Executive Leadership, Healthcare, Military Career Transition, Podcast
Happy Memorial Day weekend. For those of you who do not know, or have forgotten, Memorial Day honors men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. Originally known as Decoration Day, it originated in the years following the Civil War and became an...
by John G. Self | May 27, 2016 | Executive Leadership, Healthcare
Healthcare mergers — health systems, hospitals and other providers, insurers and suppliers — continue as strategists, consultants and financial advisors proclaim that size counts in the post ACA environment. Their argument is the equivalent of the popular phrase, get...
