by John G. Self | Oct 13, 2014 | Healthcare, Leadership, Recruiting
When I entered the healthcare industry there was a dearth of emphasis on the detailed management metrics that we now use to evaluate performance. Today, quantitative analysis rules supreme. But, like so many other things in life, too much of a good thing can be a bad...
by John G. Self | Oct 10, 2014 | Recruiting
Earlier this week, I attended a meeting of fellow recruiters sponsored by the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) in Chicago to be updated on ACHE plans for the year and to discuss healthcare reform and how it is changing leadership competencies, job...
by John G. Self | Oct 6, 2014 | Current Affairs, Healthcare
As we move forward with healthcare reform, I hope we don’t sell our values down the drain in the name of making “hard choices in order to survive.” Healthcare is a business but it is a business that must be based on a strong moral center and led by executives with a...
by John G. Self | Sep 26, 2014 | Healthcare
Are your customers — your patients and their physicians — loyal to your health system or hospital because they want to be? Or, are they there because they feel there is no real choice in the marketplace? Do you want your customers coming back because they feel they...
by John G. Self | Sep 10, 2014 | Career Management
While the job market may be tightening for healthcare C-Suite positions, coupled with intense competition for those jobs that do become available, there is one career segment that will probably see significant growth over the next five years: interim executives. For...