by John G. Self | Jul 22, 2015 | Healthcare
LAS VEGAS – Why do we insist on making the goal of improving quality of care and enhancing patient safety into such a complex and expensive task? It is such a waste, and broadly it does not appear to be working Just make it personal. I believe that if every...
by John G. Self | Jul 13, 2015 | Career Management
There are some striking similarities between consumer product brand management and career brand management. The most important, in my opinion, is the need for discipline and courage. When consumer products brand managers are dealing with full-on pressure to achieve...
by John G. Self | Jun 17, 2015 | Career Management, Recruiting
Q: I am interviewing with a recruiter for an executive position with mid-sized hospital community hospital. My current organization is very casual and none of the executives wear a coat and tie to work. I understand that more and more executives prefer a...
by John G. Self | Jun 10, 2015 | Career Management, Technology
ATLANTA — LinkedIn is one of the most important breakthroughs in personal career brand management and job search process in the last 40 years. LinkedIn is a professional networking tool on steroids. Unless you are a senior executive with a wonderful golden parachute...
by John G. Self | May 29, 2015 | Healthcare
TYLER, Texas — On Monday night I received a call that shook my world. A late afternoon Memorial Day storm swept through this East Texas City of 98,000 producing funnel clouds and torrential downpours. After the storms had passed, the root structure of a massive Red...