by John G. Self | Dec 7, 2015 | Leadership, Recruiting
A central question for executive recruiters, or people who hire executive recruiters, is this: are you filling an order or are you engaging in a comprehensive journey to find a qualified executive who will “fit” in the client organization and deliver sustainable...
by John G. Self | Dec 4, 2015 | Leadership
“You’d think that schools would naturally nurture deep community bonds. But we live in an era and under a testing regime that emphasizes individual accomplishments, not community cohesion.” Thus began the focus of conservative writer David Brooks’ New York Times...
by John G. Self | Dec 2, 2015 | Career Management, Leadership
“You always need to keep young ears.” — Singer Sir Tom Jones Sir Tom Jones — Thomas Jones Woodward, OBE — is a Welsh-born singer whose rugged good looks and massive voice propelled him to fame in the mid-1960s, first in the UK and in the early 1970s in the US, but it...
by John G. Self | Nov 30, 2015 | Leadership
Editor’s Note: David C. Pate, MD, JD, FACP, FACHE, is the Chief Executive Officer of St. Luke’s Health System, the market leader in Boise Idaho. Dr. Pate is a graduate of Rice University with a degree in Biochemistry. He earned his Doctor of Medicine from Baylor...
by John G. Self | Nov 23, 2015 | Career Management, Leadership
Can you build and lead teams? That is a common question in most interviews, especially those that use the behavior and values approach to sorting out candidates. Since employees are an organization’s most important and valuable asset, I think that question is spot...
