by John G. Self | Jan 5, 2010 | Leadership
Your employees are 70 percent of your organization’s net worth. Gary S. Becker, a Nobel laureate in economics, estimates that 70 percent of a company’s challenges are met successfully by its human capital – the men and women we call employees. Without employees – the...
by John G. Self | Dec 29, 2009 | Leadership
I am a baseball fan. I love the game, from Little League to the World Series. I enjoy being able to follow the journey of some of the game’s most legendary players. From when they first checked out places like this Baseball mega site https://battersreport.com/...
by John G. Self | Dec 24, 2009 | Career Management
NEW ORLEANS – Another airport, another rental car and another hotel. This is my last business trip of a year that has been filled with some of the most daunting business challenges I have faced in my 30 years in healthcare. As I drove to the...
by John G. Self | Dec 8, 2009 | Career Management
A respected management consultant shared the story of a new employee who was quickly hired and placed in a mission-critical position on a team that was historically one of the best in the company. New business drove management to beef up the organization to ensure...
by John G. Self | Dec 7, 2009 | Recruiting
A colleague from a public company recently shared the following story. A hospital CEO was leaving a mid-sized community hospital. He had been successful and was recruited away by a competitor to lead a larger hospital for a very attractive compensation package. The...
