by John G. Self | Sep 30, 2013 | Leadership, Technology
We are a nation that is increasingly dominated by technology and connectivity. It is changing our personal and business lives for better and worse. We simply have too much information. We are drowning in it. It is even changing the way our government works to...
by John G. Self | Mar 18, 2013 | Healthcare, Recruiting, Stories
Why am I an executive recruiter? That is a question that I am frequently asked, given my background — from being a newspaper reporter and the first director of Hermann Hospital’s acclaimed Life Flight program and national marketing manager for the aircraft company,...
by John G. Self | Feb 15, 2013 | Stories
It is 5 AM. I am in the gym. I am alone. Thank goodness. This is not a pretty site, a gentleman of a certain age who travels extensively—a nice word for the current grammatically incorrect but popular phrase ‘way much’—and who now resorts to sweating before dawn so...
by John G. Self | Feb 11, 2012 | Career Management
They say that a man who does not love a dog has no heart. They say that a man who hates his job is a lawyer. I have been lucky in life. I have always loved my jobs. I have not always loved the people, but the jobs, yes. From my newspapering days in Tyler and...
by John G. Self | Aug 19, 2010 | Career Management
We pay too much attention to emergencies — the big events — in government, in cities, in business and in our careers. We miss the subtle changes that drive real change. That is how marketing consultant Seth Godin sees it. In a recent blog, Mr. Godin...
