by John G. Self | Aug 22, 2014 | Career Management, Healthcare
Rebecca was devastated. Losing her job had been a constant thought in the back reaches of her mind given healthcare reform and her hospital’s focus on reducing operating expenses, but she was always reassured by colleagues. She was a top performer with great...
by John G. Self | Aug 20, 2014 | Healthcare
To the employees of healthcare providers throughout America: It is time to be truly honest with yourself. It may mean the difference between keeping your job or losing it. Do you like change? If the answer is an emphatic no, or perhaps the more benign, “no, not...
by John G. Self | Aug 18, 2014 | Healthcare, Leadership
There is an old cook’s adage — you have to break eggs to make an omelette. As healthcare providers begin their uncertain journey from a sick care/pay-for-procedures business model, this phrase will become an immutable truth for healthcare leaders as they navigate the...
by John G. Self | Jul 25, 2014 | Healthcare, Recruiting
As healthcare providers, large and small, move toward accountable value-based reimbursement and population health management, those of us who serve those companies are preparing for change as well. Like our customers, we, too, must be prepared to be more accountable...
by John G. Self | Jul 21, 2014 | Current Affairs, Healthcare
When former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin infamously predicted that the Affordable Care Act would create “death panels”, I wanted to wring her neck. She took an incredibly important, albeit difficult, issue and trivialized it for the purpose of...
by John G. Self | Jul 18, 2014 | Healthcare, Leadership
Healthcare leadership, really good leadership, is more than achieving objectives, hitting the numbers, making the bottom line. During periods of transformational change, leaders have to offer more – exceptional dedication, and, most of all, inspiration. It is always...
