by John G. Self | Dec 13, 2013 | Healthcare, Leadership
Please enjoy this post from December 2012 and share your hiring and interview tips in the comments. 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...
by John G. Self | Nov 1, 2013 | Leadership, Stories
We all remember our first jobs, working retail, hospital orderly, file clerk, gofer, (as in go for the coffee, go for the lunch, etc.). They covered the waterfront, the mundane to the backbreaking. The jobs could be interesting or boring but they taught us about the...
by John G. Self | Jun 26, 2013 | Leadership
In the world of cultural transformation – also labeled by some consultants as re-culturalization – the most common mistake made by new leaders intent on changing the values and beliefs of the workforce is not appreciating or understanding the style and philosophy they...
by John G. Self | Apr 1, 2013 | Healthcare
A veteran healthcare strategy consultant recently confided that you could not distinguish between the mission, vision and values statements for the vast majority of not-for-profit health systems in the United States. I am not sure whether this commonality is a...
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...