by John G. Self | Feb 14, 2017 | Career Management
What’s wrong with loving your job? That question would play well at most MBA programs, even at Harvard. But there is a variation of that question that tends to make people squeamish: What’s wrong with loving your people and the customers you serve? For whatever...
by John G. Self | Feb 7, 2017 | Leadership
When people look at you, do they see a good woman or a good man? Do they see a leader who cares about you and your success and about being a good leader for you? Over the years I have observed that more than a few executives frequently separate the self image they...
by John G. Self | Dec 23, 2015 | Stories
This is a most unusual Christmas — shorts and rain coats versus wool pants and snow shoes. In Connecticut! But regardless of the weather, or the politically charged reasons for this weird, unseasonably warm Christmas holiday in places normally covered by snow, there...
by John G. Self | Dec 22, 2014 | Career Management, Leadership
You are on the spot. You are one of the top candidates to be Chief Executive Officer of a highly regarded, financially stable community hospital. So far, you feel the interview with the recruiter is going well. Then, without warning, he shifts gears and asks one of...
by John G. Self | Jul 17, 2013 | Healthcare
In healthcare, with very bumpy roads ahead of us, executives will be forced, finally, to marry their talk, the posters on their walls, and their walk – that their people, the talent that make a hospital a success or a failure, must be our most important asset. We...
