This week we return to the interview with executive recruiter John Self, who is the founder and president of JohnGSelf Partners, an executive search firm specializing in the healthcare sector. In today’s featured interview segments, Self reflects on his long and varied healthcare background, and also talks about the rewards of giving back. John Self has

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To start off today’s featured interview segments with Mary Ellen Doyle, AHL founder & CEO Dan Nielsen highlights the danger of being too insular within the healthcare sector and neglecting to learn from other industries and fields. Doyle echos those observations, and notes that early on in her career she had the good fortune to work for an organization

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In today’s featured interview segments Mary Ellen Doyle, Corporate VP for Nursing Operations at Scripps Health, talks about her team of nursing leaders and some of their most significant accomplishments and priorities. When asked what she is most proud of about her team and their accomplishments, Doyle responded, “Number one… the fact that we’ve been

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In today’s featured video segments we return to our interview with Mary Ellen Doyle, Corporate VP for Nursing Operations at Scripps Health. Doyle shares some of her insights and perspectives regarding leading well and appreciating the uniqueness of every individual whom you lead. In the first video segment below, Doyle begins by stating, “I am a firm

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Traci Bernard has led a very interesting career in healthcare leadership, and has learned a lot along the way. In today’s featured interview segments, Bernard shares a little about what she’s learned, her passion for her current role, and what she’d like to pass on to others. Asked to share some of the greatest lessons she’s learned

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Hospital president Traci Bernard has held a lot of different leadership roles during her career, and over the years has developed some excellent insights into what separates the bad from the good from the great. When asked what qualities and attributes are most important to being an effective leader, Bernard quickly listed several that immediately

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“Family.” That’s the word that hospital president Traci Bernard frequently uses to describe her team at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Southlake, Texas. In every conversation with Bernard it is apparent that she genuinely cares for and respects every member of her team—and that culture of compassion and mutual respect can be felt throughout the halls

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Job transitions are inevitably stressful events for anyone—especially when unanticipated. During a recent in-depth interview, AHL founder and CEO Dan Nielsen asked executive recruiter and career transition coach John Self to comment on how healthcare leaders should go about preparing for and handling job transitions. “It really begins before you even have a concern about [losing your

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Executive recruiter and career transition coach John Self has interviewed hundreds of senior-level job seekers over the years, reviewing their résumés, offering tips, and helping them find and land the right position. Having sat across the desk from hundreds of interviewees, their résumé in his hand, Self has developed a keen eye for the attributes of

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This week we return to segments from the recent AHL interview with executive search consultant John G. Self. Mr. Self has decades of experience from which he draws to offer sage advice to healthcare leaders seeking new opportunities and positions within the industry. To start off today’s segments, Mr. Self offers and expands on 4

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Today we are pleased to continue sharing some excellent segments from the interview with Mary Ellen Doyle, Corporate VP of Nursing Operations at Scripps Health. During these segments Doyle reveals what excites her about healthcare today and the hope she has for the future. When asked about what she most enjoys about her job and working in

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This week we are pleased to begin featuring segments from an AHL-exclusive interview with Mary Ellen Doyle, Corporate Vice President for Nursing Operations at Scripps Health. Doyle has been with Scripps Health since 2008, and in her current role since 2011. Today we’d like to share 3 brief segments from the excellent hour-long interview conducted by AHL

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