by John G. Self | Jul 5, 2017 | Career Management
LISTEN: As we begin today, I want to share a personal story with you, a confession, if you will, about my own career failings. First let me summarize career path. I have been a newspaper reporter A PR representative and the first director of Hermann Hospital’s Life...
by John G. Self | Jun 21, 2017 | Career Management, Leadership, Podcast
Today we cover the art of chit-chat with a job interviewer and how some thoughtful questions could help you differentiate yourself from other candidates. We also will focus on the 10 questions CEOs are asking themselves as they prepare their...
by John G. Self | Jun 13, 2017 | Healthcare, Leadership
Chief Executives and other senior executives who think that the keys to the kingdom of success and job security is to consistently “make their numbers” — revenue, expenses, contribution margin — may want to consider a reset. There are a surprising number of CEOs...
by John G. Self | May 24, 2017 | Career Management, Leadership, Recruiting
Today we will unveil an emerging concept in executive recruiting that could help companies avoid costly executive mis-hires. I touched on this in yesterday’s blog post on johngself.com and LinkedIn, but today I want to take a deeper dive. For more...
by John G. Self | Mar 21, 2017 | Career Management
“They are on a plan,” as in a performance improvement plan. When we hear that phrase we typically assume that an employee’s performance hasn’t been up to snuff. “The plan” was developed by a supervisor to document what the employee...
