by John G. Self | Jul 15, 2016 | Current Affairs, Healthcare
In the 1990s, consulting firms charged clients big bucks for the latest fad product: it was called many things but the most common term was downsizing. Hospital CEOs, believing the literature, rushed to refocus their organization on their “core business” (read:...
by John G. Self | Jul 12, 2016 | Executive Leadership, Healthcare, Leadership, Recruiting
Here is today’s podcast rundown: John focuses on the importance of vendor innovation and leadership to help clients succeed in these challenging times of healthcare reform and the inevitable reductions to reimbursement. He describes how his firm, JohnGSelf +...
by John G. Self | Jul 8, 2016 | Career Management, Career Transition/Outplacement, Healthcare
Editor’s Note: John is taking a writing day off. This post originally appeared on July 31, 2013. Given the accelerating pace of health system and hospital consolidations, and reports of additional layoffs, this post contains some important issues concerning...
by John G. Self | Jun 27, 2016 | Executive Leadership, Healthcare, Leadership, Recruiting
The smart leaders, as the saying goes, surround themselves with competent smart people and stay out of their way. The great organizations are those populated with confident executives who are not afraid to hire people who are smarter than they are. Great theory but in...
by John G. Self | Jun 23, 2016 | Career Management, Healthcare, Medical Staff Development, Patient Safety, Physician Recruitment, Quality of Care, Recruiting
Today we focus on a troubling fact in healthcare — our values are not where they need to be. If you are a hospital CEO who believes that, at the end of the day, it is all about financial performance, then click the off button now. You will not like what you...
by John G. Self | Jun 17, 2016 | Career Management, Early Careerists, Executive Leadership, Healthcare, Leadership, Military Career Transition, Millennials
Editor’s Note: On Sunday, we will celebrate Father’s Day. Mother’s Day tends to be more significant in terms of spending — we spend only a paltry $13 billion globally on Father’s Day versus $20 billion for Mother’s Day. Interestingly, this spending trend applies in...
