by John G. Self | Aug 7, 2013 | Healthcare, Leadership
We will find out fairly quickly who the best of the best is at running hospitals. The Affordable Care Act and the inevitable deficit reduction will weed out the top performers from the soon-to-be unemployed. History does repeat itself. In the early 1980s, a savvy...
by John G. Self | Jun 10, 2013 | Leadership
As dawn breaks over America this Monday morning, the screaming, the shouting, the intimidation, the abusive behavior begins anew. The perpetrators – from supervisors to senior executives in corner offices – all have reasons or excuses for relying on this idiotic and...
by John G. Self | May 20, 2013 | Leadership
Trust That word is intrinsically linked to leadership. It is an underlying value in most companies – the CEO and the senior leadership trust their employees to do the right thing. The more important questions for the CEO are, “How do you know that your employees...
by John G. Self | Apr 15, 2013 | Career Management, Leadership
In the realm of leadership, executives must successfully manage their departments, their divisions or their companies. At the same time they must apply these same leadership principles to their own career management. That said, for the Baby Boomer and older Gen X...
by John G. Self | Mar 20, 2013 | Healthcare, Leadership
The transformation of healthcare will require senior leaders who are exceptional operators, strategists and communicators. Communication has always been an essential element of good leadership, but as we navigate the sweeping changes that lie ahead, effective...
