by John G. Self | Aug 7, 2013 | Healthcare, Leadership
We will find out fairly quickly who the best of the best is at running hospitals. The Affordable Care Act and the inevitable deficit reduction will weed out the top performers from the soon-to-be unemployed. History does repeat itself. In the early 1980s, a savvy...
by John G. Self | Jul 24, 2013 | Career Management, Healthcare, Leadership, Stories
John Self is off today. This blog first appeared last year but with the recent threat of the nuclear option – to change Senate rules concerning debates – it seems very relevant today. Everyone once in a while, a rant is good for the soul. Nothing is as it seems...
by John G. Self | Jul 5, 2013 | Leadership, Stories
My father was a great baker, a virtual artist with his knives, piping jelly and decorating tube. For more than 35 years he delighted his customers with his wedding cakes, ornate teacakes and birthday cakes bearing an uncanny likeness to the celebrant. During those 30...
by John G. Self | Jun 26, 2013 | Leadership
In the world of cultural transformation – also labeled by some consultants as re-culturalization – the most common mistake made by new leaders intent on changing the values and beliefs of the workforce is not appreciating or understanding the style and philosophy they...
by John G. Self | Jun 21, 2013 | Healthcare, Leadership
For some executives, profits are the be all, end all. That is the reason you are in business, they emphatically argue, to make profits. Nothing else matters. Pardon me, but that is a large pile of El Toro Poo Poo, especially the “nothing else matters part.” In...
by John G. Self | Jun 10, 2013 | Leadership
As dawn breaks over America this Monday morning, the screaming, the shouting, the intimidation, the abusive behavior begins anew. The perpetrators – from supervisors to senior executives in corner offices – all have reasons or excuses for relying on this idiotic and...
