by John G. Self | Sep 19, 2012 | Healthcare, Leadership, Recruiting
Many parents will identify with this story: You are sound sleep, your back turned to the edge of the bed. Suddenly you are awakened with a sense of dread that something really bad is standing beside you. Something really scary. There is that split second of fear...
by John G. Self | Jan 23, 2012 | Current Affairs, Healthcare
Healthcare reform and intense pressures related to this nation’s mounting deficit crisis are two forces that could dramatically alter the financial landscape for investor-owned hospital management companies. There is a plausible scenario that suggests that over the...
by John G. Self | Mar 28, 2011 | Healthcare
New polls concerning the voter's diminishing appetite for making the hard choices to curb deficit spending and pay down the debt are not encouraging. In fact, they are scary. Take this report from Politico in Monday morning's news brief: ...
by John G. Self | Feb 15, 2011 | Career Management
I have just finalized my lecture on leadership and career management for the Health Management and Policy graduate students at the University of Michigan School of Public Health in Ann Arbor. I enjoy speaking to students because it allows me a chance to stay...
by John G. Self | Nov 15, 2010 | Current Affairs, Healthcare
Hospital executives across America are warily eying the new Congress which will take over the first week in January. The House of Representatives is now solidly in GOP control and its members are decidedly more conservative and adamant that the size of government be...
