by John G. Self | Apr 4, 2017 | Career Management, Healthcare
The future is scary and dangerous. It is scary because the changes fueled by political and economic instability rattles our comfort zone. It is dangerous because if we do not adapt to change, it can be career limiting. The real challenge facing executives is to...
by John G. Self | Jan 31, 2017 | Healthcare, Leadership
In healthcare there are a couple of immutable business truths: Never has a merger of provider organizations resulted in lower costs for the consumer, the claims of Chief Executive Officers notwithstanding. Leaders who put their employees first, creating a culture...
by John G. Self | Dec 27, 2016 | Leadership
Good leadership is a lot more than silly slogans, clever jingles or inspirational posters hanging on the walls. We all know how important teamwork is. It is critical to the success of the organization — quality produced, service delivered. But why, then, do so many...
by John G. Self | Feb 8, 2016 | Leadership
TYLER, Texas — Walt Bettinger, Chief Executive Officer of the Charles Schwab Corporation provides insightful lessons for current and aspiring leaders — service to others should always win out over obsessing about our own needs, that we should take time to get to...
by John G. Self | Feb 5, 2016 | Career Management, Leadership
Some of the best leaders I know run community hospitals… This is going to be good year and it is going to be a hard year. Regulatory and market uncertainty will be a fact of life for the foreseeable future. That from a very talented consultant who said that Thursday...