by John G. Self | Jun 5, 2013 | Healthcare, Leadership
Change is a constant in business particularly in healthcare where clinical, technology and regulatory developments challenge leaders and managers. Change requires tactical adjustments in leadership – something healthcare leaders do better than most any other...
by John G. Self | May 29, 2013 | Career Management, Healthcare
How do I hunker down? How do I get through this? When will things get back to normal? For healthcare executives who are approaching the end of their careers and find themselves asking these three questions with greater frequency, I have some bad news. It is not...
by John G. Self | May 8, 2013 | Healthcare, Leadership
This post was originally published on July 1, 2011. Hospital CEOs have their hands full. They face a boiling cauldron of operational, financial and competitive challenges – any of which could prove career limiting. Surprisingly, however, many CEOs fail not because...
by John G. Self | May 6, 2013 | Healthcare, Recruiting
“At most companies, people spend 2 percent of their time recruiting and 75 percent managing their recruiting mistakes.” — Richard Fairbank, CEO at Capital One, Forbes Magazine, April 2013. Over the next five to seven years, as the healthcare industry faces a...
by John G. Self | Apr 29, 2013 | Healthcare, Leadership
One of the toughest decisions a long serving CEO has to make is when to leave the organization – to retire or take on another career challenge. “Go out on top” is the ideal goal but more than a few executives, for a variety of reasons – financial concerns, unfulfilled...
by John G. Self | Apr 19, 2013 | Career Management, Healthcare
Let’s talk candidly about career management. More than likely the professionals who should read this probably won’t read this. I talk to a lot of people at conferences, airports and on the telephone. Executives, especially those in healthcare, are troubled by tough...
