by John G. Self | Feb 13, 2015 | Career Management, Recruiting
LUBBOCK, Texas – If you are not thinking about your human capital – aka your employees — in strategic terms, you won’t be winning a world series any time soon. For you heretics who are unfamiliar with the phrase America’s pastime, let me introduce you to Brian...
by John G. Self | Oct 7, 2013 | Healthcare, Leadership
At a time of industry wide disruption and stress, senior leaders have a responsibility to step up their game, from the results “they” produce to the way they interact with employees. This is one of the most important things a CEO does. “I don’t know how you can be a...
by John G. Self | Nov 23, 2012 | Leadership
A best-in-industry performance/employee evaluation begins and ends with a compelling governance-leadership commitment that human capital is an organization’s most important asset—the big differentiator, especially in the service industry. Without this, the program is...
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 | Aug 22, 2012 | Healthcare, Leadership, Stories
An organization’s strategy, culture, and human capital—the people—are frequently cited in business books, stories, and case studies as the key ingredients in the grand mix of why companies succeed or fail. At a lunch meeting in the 1990s, when the big three of...
