by John G. Self | Dec 7, 2016 | Leadership, Podcast, Stories
Listen to today’s podcast here, read the transcript below or subscribe and listen on iTunes. “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” Dwight David Eisenhower Supreme Command of Allied Forces, 34th...
by John G. Self | Nov 24, 2016 | Leadership, Stories
By: Ralph Waldo Emerson For flowers that bloom about our feet, Father, we thank Thee. For tender grass so fresh, so sweet, Father, we thank Thee. For the song of bird and hum of bee, For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee. For blue of...
by John G. Self | Jul 2, 2016 | Career Management, Current Affairs, Executive Leadership, Millennials, Stories
Here is the rundown for our July 4th weekend podcast: A California judge halts an SEIU initiative on executive compensation Strategies for using executive compensation to enhance your brand A new survey on Millennial values provides some stunning, and promising,...
by John G. Self | Jun 18, 2016 | Career Management, Career Transition/Outplacement, Executive Leadership, Leadership, Podcast, Stories
SelfPerspective is available on iTunes Hello. Welcome to our podcast for this Father’s Day weekend, 2016. Today in SelfPerspective, John interviews John Graves, CEO of Lillian Hudspeth Memorial Hospital in rural Sonora, Texas. Mr. Graves describes his...
by John G. Self | Mar 4, 2016 | Leadership, Stories
After two spectacular seasons at the University of North Carolina, Michael Jordan decided to go pro. He chose to forgo his senior year and his degree to enter the NBA draft. It all came down to an economic decision. He was a certain multi-millionaire in waiting....
by John G. Self | Dec 23, 2015 | Stories
This is a most unusual Christmas — shorts and rain coats versus wool pants and snow shoes. In Connecticut! But regardless of the weather, or the politically charged reasons for this weird, unseasonably warm Christmas holiday in places normally covered by snow, there...