by John G. Self | Jul 11, 2014 | Healthcare, Leadership
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A word for hospital Chief Executive Officers, or those who aspire to run businesses that take care of patients: make it very personal. The CEO job, especially in complex general acute care hospitals is changing and it will change even more as...
by John G. Self | Jul 9, 2014 | Healthcare, Leadership
Values are important. The further one goes in their career – the higher one rises in an organization – the more important their values (should) become. Executives make decisions every day. Their values are in play at every turn, whether they consciously think about...
by John G. Self | Jun 30, 2014 | Leadership
Corporate culture – the tidy phrase that is the sum of corporate beliefs, values and top-to-bottom actions of everyone who works for the enterprise – has always been important but it will become even more critical as healthcare transitions with a new set of rules...
by John G. Self | Jun 25, 2014 | Leadership
A CEO is the sum of his thoughts, words, and actions. Ability is important but skill without those foundational elements is a waste. [Tweet “A CEO is the sum of his thoughts, words, and actions. “] A company is the sum of its leaders, the employees and the...
by John G. Self | Jun 23, 2014 | Healthcare, Leadership
In a business that today is filled with uncertainty, the one sure thing in healthcare is that we will experience a series of major changes over the next 10 years. [Tweet “Leaders who are uncomfortable with change are in for unsettling times.”] Leaders who...
by John G. Self | Jun 6, 2014 | Healthcare, Leadership
Sometimes it is the little things that a leader does that can make a big, big difference. Like a weekly letter to board members. Ten years ago, James N. Valenti, FACHE, was appointed President and Chief Executive of the struggling R. E. Thomason Hospital, El Paso’s...
