by John G. Self | Feb 28, 2017 | Career Management
In the game of football, perspective is important. That is where the leader of the team — the head coach on the sidelines – has a headset so he can communicate with colleagues high above the field in the press box. They have a different perspective than he does as...
by John G. Self | Nov 4, 2015 | Recruiting
The conventional wisdom is that for companies that do business in multiple states or countries size matters when it comes legal representation, banking, tax and audit. You want to hire an organization that has the physical reach to address your business needs. There...
by John G. Self | Feb 13, 2015 | Career Management, Recruiting
LUBBOCK, Texas – If you are not thinking about your human capital – aka your employees — in strategic terms, you won’t be winning a world series any time soon. For you heretics who are unfamiliar with the phrase America’s pastime, let me introduce you to Brian...
by John G. Self | Jun 16, 2014 | Recruiting
Traditional human resource departments – those that are transactional in their approach – are like the once popular MD 80 airplane – inefficient and out of step with the times. What was once the transformational darling of airlines chasing efficiency in the 1980s –...
by John G. Self | Jun 9, 2014 | Recruiting
Here is what we know: Great talent is critical to the success of business Great talent is hard to come by; most of our employees are not “A”s, the best, but “Bs” and “Cs” Hiring the wrong person is a very costly and very painful [Tweet “Most organizations do a...
