by John G. Self | Mar 24, 2014 | Leadership
If you are going to lead people, you’d better demonstrate that you care more about them than you do about yourself. So says Don Knauss, Chief Executive Officer of Clorox. Mr. Knauss was featured in Adam Bryant’s Corner Office in Sunday’s The New York Times....
by John G. Self | Dec 16, 2013 | Leadership
Jeremy Zimmer started working in gas stations when he was 14. By 16 he was managing them. He dropped out of college at 19. “I was always a good worker, but I was never a very good student.” He was running several valet parking stations in Boston. This snippet of a...
by John G. Self | Oct 7, 2013 | Healthcare, Leadership
At a time of industry wide disruption and stress, senior leaders have a responsibility to step up their game, from the results “they” produce to the way they interact with employees. This is one of the most important things a CEO does. “I don’t know how you can be a...
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 | Dec 27, 2011 | Current Affairs, Healthcare, Technology
As we cruise through the final days of 2011, the scribes of media and technology are busy laying their visions for the future. Based on two articles in Monday morning’s New York Times, we should all fasten our seat belts, 2012 is going to be a fast and...
