by John G. Self | Feb 8, 2010 | Recruiting, Stories
As I embark on my new venture at JohnGSelf + Partners,Inc. I want to share my commitments to my clients and candidates. These value-driven pledges will shape how we manage and market our business, how we deal with clients, and how we treat candidates. Accountability...
by John G. Self | Feb 7, 2010 | Leadership
So many leaders are now talking about onboarding. Why? Because it has become the new fad. Far too many executives are looking for the “silver bullet” answer to their human capital challenges, and they grabbed this because it is a talent acquisition...
by John G. Self | Feb 2, 2010 | Career Management, Leadership, Recruiting
George Bradt has again focused on a very important aspect of recruiting, integration and retention. These are all interrelated issues and CEOs and HR VPs who do not come to grips with these issues are placing themselves, unnecessarily so, at risk. I encourage you to...
by John G. Self | Jan 18, 2010 | Career Management
In his book Why Smart Executives Fail, Sydney Finkelstein provides an excellent example of what can happen to a company when they forget that, in the end, it is employees who will make the difference between success and failure. Healthcare providers, in...
by John G. Self | Jan 14, 2010 | Career Management
There is a direct path between the talent an organization recruits and their quality of care and financial performance. Yet most organizations use a mish-mash of internal and external resources without regard to consistency of the processes used to find the executives...
