by John G. Self | Sep 1, 2016 | Career Management, Healthcare, Military Career Transition
Here is the summary for the latest SelfPerspective podcast: Exceptional service and quality of care, safety and satisfaction are intrinsically linked in hospitals. You cannot have great service if your care is lacking or you are having problems with patient safety. ...
by John G. Self | Aug 18, 2016 | Career Management, Career Transition/Outplacement, Executive Leadership, Healthcare
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — We all have a boss, someone we have to answer to in our professional lives — a senior executive, board of directors, financial investors, customers etc. Even if you are independently wealthy beyond your wildest dreams you, too, have to answer...
by John G. Self | Aug 18, 2016 | Career Management, Healthcare, Leadership, Military Career Transition, Podcast
A CEO is hired into a perfect situation but fails to survive two years. How could this happen? It begins with recruiters who take a plug-and-play approach to candidate selection. And it usually ends with candidates who allow their egos to ignore some important...
by John G. Self | Aug 17, 2016 | Career Management, Executive Leadership, Healthcare
There are leaders who do not respect authority. Leadership is composed of several dynamics including authority, control, influence and inspiration. While the concept of control may be debatable in terms of how much, if any, an executive may actually possess, or his...
by John G. Self | Aug 16, 2016 | Career Management, Healthcare, Millennials
Here is today’s rundown for the SelfPerspective podcast. On Monday John discussed the less is more approach to leadership. Today, he poses an important question for Millennials who are now entering the executives ranks at many organizations: What kind of...
by John G. Self | Aug 15, 2016 | Executive Leadership, Healthcare, Military Career Transition
My beloved wife is always telling me, less is more. She is naturally reserved, a Canadian by birth. I am a Texan in spirit and in verbal propensity. There are times when I use language and words to approach the unapproachable. She is more reserved, more cautious. ...
