by John G. Self | Nov 7, 2017 | Career Management
Mistakes are made. Sometimes leaders are terminated for those mistakes. It is one of the few regrettable aspects of leadership. It happens to many leaders at one time or another during their career — for behavior, strategy or execution. Interesting Observation Here is...
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 | Oct 26, 2015 | Career Management
Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It is what separates us from the animals — except the weasel. – Homer Simpson It is hard to go through life, including your professional career, without making mistakes. Many of these missteps are minor with...
by John G. Self | Apr 28, 2014 | Leadership
Don’t look back from where you’ve come You can’t erase the things you’ve done Yesterday’s gone – time to move on If you live life in reverse, it will get worse. – John Martin, songwriter If you are the kind of leader who is...
by John G. Self | Feb 7, 2014 | Leadership, Stories
John Self is interviewing today so we are sharing a post from February 2013. Have a great weekend! I have a confession to make. For more than eight years I had torrid and wonderfully fulfilling love affair — with the game of baseball as an umpire, working my way up...