3 New Economy and Productivity Podcasts
Peter Clayton at has posted three new podcasts over the last couple of weeks, each of which features an interview with an i4cp staff member. I encourage you to listen to these short podcasts (they range from 10-15 minutes in length) that touch on a range of critical and timely workplace issues: -...
HR’s value proposition in a down economy
As I got up on the stage to speak, I was aware that the audience, a group of CFOs, had just spent the past two and a half days hearing presentations on the negative impact of a down economy. The tone was serious and many commented on the lack of precedents from which to learn. The challenge I faced...
12 Real Excuses Never to Use When Calling in Sick
If you’ve called in sick just because you didn’t want to go to work, you’re not alone. According to a recent , one-third of employees have played hooky at least once this year. Of the 6,800 employee responses, the most common reasons for lying about being sick were: 9% wanted to miss a...
Knowledge Retention Rises as Boomers Retire
Kevin Oakes, i4cp's CEO, was recently highlighted in Talent Management magazine following an interview with one of their reporters, Agatha Gilmore. The article covers knowledge retention and its rising importance, as well as discussion of i4cp's new Knowledge Retention Accelerator.Read the article,...
Webinar: Employee Engagement and Productivity in an Economic Crisis
The U.S. is facing economic crisis and an uncertain future with increasing unemployment rates. While the impact of this crisis is still not completely clear, we can look at the immediate effect on employees. How disconcerting is it for the average employee to hear of business failures and watch...
Fear and loathing in Atlanta (part 2)
In part one of this blog (oh, you've gotta read part one) we discussed how a series of events, hyped by mass media and accentuated by a general economic malaise, has helped to feed hysteria and caused a run on fuel in Atlanta. Now it's time to crawl back through the looking glass. Here's a...
Fear and loathing in Atlanta (part 1)
Gas…It's only $4.29. I am actually happy about this. Last night, for the first time in my life, I paid more than $4 for a gallon of gas ($4.50, to be exact). I live in Atlanta, which, over the past 20 days, has experienced a classic panic, which has manifested itself as a run on fuel supplies. It'...
Job experience: Train robber - honestly!
It seems you can't pick up a newspaper or listen to a news broadcast these days without hearing about massive layoffs somewhere. The result is a buyers' market where labor is concerned, allowing employers to take their pick of what seems like a gazillion applicants for any one job. Job hunters are...
How to deal with managerial resistance to employee coaching
We held a webinar entitled several months ago, and since that webinar, i4cp members have been joining me and member services on a bimonthly "coaching conversations" call, where we discuss a variety of issues and specific situations involving coaching, such as how to market coaching internally, use...
Are American firms stuck in the rut of old ways of thinking?
Maybe it's just me. I'm at that age where I'm no longer the promising young guy jam packed with potential and bright ideas. I'm becoming the seasoned veteran, the guy with "institutional memory," the last one on the team to get references to "Twitterific." It's tough. Even tougher, though, is the...
