by John G. Self | May 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
My wonderful father liked to tell people that I was his kid who could chat up a brick wall. For the longest of times I was rather proud of that quality, a strength I thought. But strengths are usually the foundation for weaknesses. Not everyone responds to someone...
by John G. Self | May 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
// The biggest threat Chief Executive Officers face when joining a new organization is the existing culture. Today’s big idea focuses on job transition and how to avoid this common cause for CEO failure. Culture is an incredibly complex subject. It is the amalgamation...
by John G. Self | Apr 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
LA GRANDE, Oregon — They say that politics is a contact sport. In reading newspapers and watching news programs, that statement today should be categorized as a blinding flash of the obvious. All the norms of effective leadership seem to no longer matter in certain...
by John G. Self | Mar 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Editor’s Note: John is at the Congress for the American College of Healthcare Executives in Chicago. He and executive coach Dianne Dismukes will be teaching the course “Interviewing Skills for Senior Executives” at 2:15 PM on Wednesday, March 28th. If a job change is...
by John G. Self | Mar 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
I am John Self. Welcome to SelfPerspective, a weekly podcast with information and insight on career management. Today’s big idea is about stories and the people who tell them. Storytelling is not the exclusive purview of novelists or writers of children’s...
