by John G. Self | Sep 18, 2013 | Healthcare, Leadership
If you are a senior leader in healthcare, I have two pieces of advice for you, do not get too comfortable with the status quo, and do not overreact by preaching daily or weekly “the sky is falling” sermons to your staff, physicians, or anyone else who will listen,...
by John G. Self | Aug 9, 2013 | Healthcare
If only there was more transparency in healthcare, the arguments goes, we could take a big step to reducing costs. OK, let’s have a show of hands. How many people actually believe that? Transparency requires a free exchange of information – patients asking...
by John G. Self | Aug 7, 2013 | Healthcare, Leadership
We will find out fairly quickly who the best of the best is at running hospitals. The Affordable Care Act and the inevitable deficit reduction will weed out the top performers from the soon-to-be unemployed. History does repeat itself. In the early 1980s, a savvy...
by John G. Self | Jul 31, 2013 | Career Management, Healthcare, Recruiting
The question is not if, but when and how many. Layoffs. They are inevitable in the new healthcare economy that will be defined over the next five to seven years by the impact of the Affordable Care Act and the inevitable deficit reduction through cuts in...
by John G. Self | Apr 15, 2013 | Career Management, Leadership
In the realm of leadership, executives must successfully manage their departments, their divisions or their companies. At the same time they must apply these same leadership principles to their own career management. That said, for the Baby Boomer and older Gen X...
