by John G. Self | May 6, 2013 | Healthcare, Recruiting
“At most companies, people spend 2 percent of their time recruiting and 75 percent managing their recruiting mistakes.” — Richard Fairbank, CEO at Capital One, Forbes Magazine, April 2013. Over the next five to seven years, as the healthcare industry faces a...
by John G. Self | Apr 29, 2013 | Healthcare, Leadership
One of the toughest decisions a long serving CEO has to make is when to leave the organization – to retire or take on another career challenge. “Go out on top” is the ideal goal but more than a few executives, for a variety of reasons – financial concerns, unfulfilled...
by John G. Self | Mar 6, 2013 | Career Management, Healthcare
In the relative quiet before the storm, healthcare executives at all levels should take time to rethink their career management strategies. A long-time friend, a health system CEO who has built an impressive record with service development, facility expansion and...
by John G. Self | Jan 14, 2013 | Healthcare, Leadership
Our new year is bringing ample challenges to the healthcare industry, from strategies to deal with the Affordable Care Act, to the realities that deficit reduction will require additional cuts in Medicare reimbursement to providers. Congress is still in denial about...
by John G. Self | Dec 17, 2012 | Healthcare, Leadership
A CEO I knew, who was a Chief Operating Officer of a small academic medical center, once bragged that he interviewed every new hire for his organization. He called this his Southwest (Airlines) approach, to ensure that everyone who came to work for the hospital, from...
