by John G. Self | Nov 30, 2016 | Healthcare, Patient Safety, Podcast
As a hospital executive responsible for setting priorities and allocating resources to fulfill your important healthcare mission, the question is where do you prioritize the care and safety of the patient? Are they number one or are they lower? You might be surprised...
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 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 15, 2016 | Executive Leadership, Healthcare, Military Career Transition, Millennials, Patient Safety, Quality of Care
Execution is one of those great business competencies that is a two-edged sword. No where is that more true than in healthcare. In the go-go era of business, when Jack Welch set a new standard for performance by a Fortune 50 Chief Executive Officer at GE, the...
by John G. Self | Jun 13, 2016 | Current Affairs, Healthcare, Patient Safety, Quality of Care
When it comes to the future of the business of healthcare – a reimbursement model in which providers will be more responsible for the health of their communities as in population health management, – there are many unknowns These unknowns are prompting...
by John G. Self | Jun 11, 2016 | Career Management, Executive Leadership, Leadership, Patient Safety, Podcast, Quality of Care
This weekend, we focus on leadership values. Ken Richmond, FACHE, an interim executive based in Buffalo, New York, walks the talk when it comes to being a values leader. It is not a good day unless he visits with at least five patients and tours the facility talking...
