by John G. Self | Dec 22, 2016 | Stories
“Almost no one — outside of the infamous one percent — is honestly out of the realm of the possibility that one day they could become homeless.” – Bruce McTague, Enlightened Conflict LOS ANGELES — As I spend Christmas with my wife, our youngest...
by John G. Self | Feb 5, 2016 | Career Management, Leadership
Some of the best leaders I know run community hospitals… This is going to be good year and it is going to be a hard year. Regulatory and market uncertainty will be a fact of life for the foreseeable future. That from a very talented consultant who said that Thursday...
by John G. Self | May 6, 2015 | Healthcare, Leadership
It is always amazing to me how many well educated executives struggle with their performance because of their dislike of ambiguity — the state of uncertainty or lack of clarity. The afflicted always deny it but when but you strip away their protestations to the...
by John G. Self | Oct 1, 2012 | Current Affairs, Healthcare, Recruiting
Two days to the first presidential debate, 36 days to Nov. 6, 92 days to the fiscal cliff… In a speech in South Africa in 1966, Robert Kennedy said: “There is a Chinese curse which says ‘May he live in interesting times.’ “Like it or not we live in interesting...
