Hidden Message in the Placement Guarantee

Our Firm has been offering my executive search clients a three-year placement guarantee for more than 20 years.  We do it on every search, not just when it is forced by market competition, which some national and regional firms do. How can JohnGSelf + Partners  afford...

11 Strategies For Executive Search 

When colleagues ask why we are pushing the envelope on how executive search should be done, the answer is really an easy one. Just because clients don’t ask for a new approach doesn’t mean recruiters shouldn’t explore better ways to help them meet their talent...

Self Employment Offers Great Rewards

In the 1980s, when my long-time job as a Senior Vice President with a health system ended, I faced a tough career management transition.  People did not want the skills I offered, nor did I have the all-important master’s degree – it was a double whammy in a...

Consulting Fees & Conventional Wisdom

LOS ANGELES (June 8, 2009) As I travel around the country visiting with chief executive officers at health systems and hospitals, I am hearing that consultant accountability is a subject that is increasingly on their minds. Faced with the continuing slide in their...