by John G. Self | Aug 26, 2015 | Healthcare
EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s post is the last in a current series of blogs that John has written over the past several months regarding small-rural community hospitals. These organizations are one of his passions in healthcare. John’s experience supporting community...
by John G. Self | Jul 13, 2015 | Career Management
There are some striking similarities between consumer product brand management and career brand management. The most important, in my opinion, is the need for discipline and courage. When consumer products brand managers are dealing with full-on pressure to achieve...
by John G. Self | May 1, 2015 | Healthcare, Leadership
In the early 1980s, a Houston hospital CEO was frustrated by his hospital’s anemic financial performance despite the tightening of financial controls, as well as noisy department manager meetings replete with leadership huffing and puffing about dire consequences if...
by John G. Self | Apr 27, 2015 | Recruiting
John has written several blogs over the past 12 months regarding the importance of candidates being authentic in their interviews. Today’s post discusses an approach employers can use to test candidate authenticity and leading to a feeling of trust that they are...
by John G. Self | Mar 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
The military understands a very important concept in management. You take care of your people. When you put them ahead of yourself, amazing things can happen. Management theorist Simon Sinek, in a powerful TED talk, tells the story of a military officer who repeatedly...
