by John G. Self | Dec 3, 2012 | Healthcare, Leadership
Change is hard. Failing is hard to take. And for many top executives the pain of failing is the driver that pushes them to change. So says John Chambers, CISCO’s Chief Executive Officer. “I’d like to say I like change. I don’t. I came out of IBM and Wang...
by John G. Self | Nov 28, 2012 | Healthcare, Leadership
A popular phrase used to illustrated a wide variety of immutable truths is, “ Too many chiefs, and not enough Indians.” My father, a superb retail baker in the southern style, often said, especially when his business partner/wife tried to control his schedule, “Too...
by John G. Self | Nov 26, 2012 | Current Affairs, Healthcare, Leadership
“Brothers and Sisters: Before we open our hymnals and sing the many grim verses of ‘Now Comes the Hard Part’, the Post-Election Day quadrennial dirge, the congregation is kindly requested to engage in a brief interlude of soul replenishing joy.” So began David...
by John G. Self | Nov 21, 2012 | Healthcare, Leadership
We have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving 2012. In healthcare, for example, we should be thankful that we have survived, in spite of ourselves, on several important issues, like how we invest in our human capital, or, according to hundreds of hospital annual...
by John G. Self | Nov 19, 2012 | Healthcare, Leadership
When then First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton, published her book “It Takes A Village,” an analysis of the impact individuals and groups outside the family have, for better or worse, on a child’s well-being, the right-wing pundits chastised Ms. Clinton for...
