by John G. Self | Dec 27, 2017 | Career Management, Healthcare, Leadership
LISTEN ON iTUNES Leaders are judged by the results they produce, however, not all results are about the profit or loss. How you behave with those around you — your family, your colleagues and those in the trenches who actually do the work — also counts for a great...
by John G. Self | Sep 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
People hate change. They dislike it so much that otherwise nice people will resort to some uncharacteristic behaviors — gossiping, lying and personal defamation against the person leading the change. This is a real threat to senior executives, especially those...
by John G. Self | Jul 24, 2015 | Leadership, Recruiting
TYLER, Texas — When selecting an interim executive, there is always the risk of making a bad choice. Too often the decision is based on the resume and the advice, slanted or not, from the interim company executive touting the candidate list. Frequently these...
by John G. Self | Mar 2, 2015 | Healthcare, Leadership
A wise and seasoned, if not a little cynical CEO I know, once described the payroll process at a former hospital as “distributing cash to zombies” or “paying people for something we are not getting.” In other words, paying employees just to show up. He also described...
by John G. Self | Oct 1, 2014 | Leadership
One of the biggest challenges for a new Chief Executive Officer is to take over an organization with a dysfunctional culture, their performance, while acceptable, is not sustainable and the vast majority of the employees think everything is fine and dandy. The biggest...
