by John G. Self | Jun 30, 2016 | Career Transition/Outplacement, Executive Leadership, Millennials, Patient Safety, Quality of Care
Today we look at the whole issue of employee engagement, or rather the sad state of poor employee engagement throughout the US. Fully half of America’s workers are not fully engaged and one-fourth are actively disengaged, according to a Gallup survey. In...
by John G. Self | Jun 24, 2016 | Career Management, Career Transition/Outplacement, Executive Leadership, Military Career Transition, Millennials, Recruiting
Forty percent of executives who change organizations, roles or get promoted, fail within the first 18 months, according to a report in Fortune Magazine. This report is validated by other studies, including one conducted by a global search firm. Other studies suggest...
by John G. Self | Jun 22, 2016 | Career Management, Career Transition/Outplacement, Military Career Transition, Millennials, Recruiting
BY NANCY SWAIN, Practice Leader, Career Transitions/Outplacement The days in which a new executive could take their time to learn what he or she needed to know about the company is over. Those blissful weeks or months when you were not really expected to deliver any...
by John G. Self | Jun 21, 2016 | Career Management, Executive Leadership, Millennials, Physician Recruitment
In today’s podcast, we focus in on one of the great myths in business: bigger is definitely not better. Is having 20 nationwide offices of recruiters any guarantee that your search firm will be passionately committed to your success? Probably not. But in an...
by John G. Self | Jun 19, 2016 | Medical Staff Development, Millennials, Physician Recruitment
The majority of recruiting in the US is transactional, not strategic. This is particularly true when it comes to physician search and is at the heart of a lot of the problems that confront far too many rural and community hospitals. A medical staff recruitment...
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...