by John G. Self | Jul 17, 2012 | Current Affairs, Healthcare, Leadership
One of the hidden benefits of being a healthcare recruiter is that you get to see, firsthand, the rich irony that plagues our industry. Healthcare is one of the most technologically impressive businesses in the nation—where modern miracles happen every day—yet the...
by John G. Self | Feb 14, 2012 | Career Management
They say that a man who hates a dog has no heart. They say a man who hates his job is a lawyer. Last week, I wrote that in a piece about career management for my speaker’s blog, John G Self. It had a ring to it — and it fit my message for today — so...
by John G. Self | Feb 7, 2012 | Healthcare
Hospital Chief Executives and their boards, helped (aided and abetted) by their architects, have constructed some impressive hospitals and support facilities, even attention to the small details is impressive like kitting out their staff with promotional healthcare...
by John G. Self | Oct 18, 2011 | Healthcare
Healthcare reform — I am talking about true, structural reform that actually saves real money (versus CBO estimates) — is not going to come from Washington. It will come one hospital, one provider, one community at a time, led by CEOs who are...
by John G. Self | May 31, 2011 | Current Affairs, Healthcare
We hear a lot these days — some would say 20-30 years too late — that Congress can no longer kick the deficit/debt can down the road. Of course, the clear and factually accurate implication of this statement is that Congress has seen this deficit/debt...
