by John G. Self | Jul 18, 2012 | Healthcare, Leadership, Recruiting
A great onboarding program cannot be optimally effective if new employees—executives, department managers, supervisors and line employees—don’t fully understand and support the organization’s mission, values, corporate cultural and performance expectations prior to...
by John G. Self | Sep 20, 2011 | Leadership
Integrity is a much admired and sought after characteristic in leadership. When you ask board members or employees about the ideal characteristics for a new leader, integrity is almost always number one on the list, rarely lower than number three. So since it so...
by John G. Self | Aug 16, 2011 | Recruiting
Employees cherish a gross sense of entitlement in the form of their annual performance review and the almost certain yearly raise. In many organizations, this “right” extends to the very job itself, regardless of performance or economic conditions....
by John G. Self | Jul 26, 2011 | Healthcare
In one of the silliest of debates in the world of healthcare, challenging economic times and the inevitable cuts in reimbursement from healthcare reform and deficit reduction have fueled a renewal of the endless haggling over who is better: not-for-profit or...
by John G. Self | Jul 19, 2011 | Leadership, Stories
Organizations do not care about people, only people care about people. That was the theme of a recent Seth Godin blog. It is the people, plain and simple. For the record, Mr. Godin is a marketing innovator who pioneered “permission marketing.” His daily...