Is Job Shadowing Ignored in Your Organization?

Written by Mark Vickers from i4cp

Mark Vickers

Maybe it's the name. "Job shadowing" has a slightly ominous, film noir ring to it, as if Sam Spade is lurking in the corners of the workplace, digging for secrets and casting a cynical eye on pernicious personalities.

How else to explain why such a useful tactic is employed by less than a third of organizations?

Welcome to our continuing TrendWatcher podcast series here on Total Picture Radio, with Peter Clayton reporting. Total Picture Radio has formed a strategic alliance with The Institute for Corporate Productivity i4cp, allowing us to publish on our site the compete weekly research report in their TrendWatcher initiative, as well as record a weekly interview with the lead author of the article. Joining us today from St Petersburg, FL, is Mark Vickers, VP of Research at i4cp.

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The Leadership Competencies That Matter Most in Today's Trying Economic Times

Written by Holly Tompson from i4cp

Holly Tompson

Welcome to our continuing TrendWatcher podcast series here on Total Picture Radio - this is Peter Clayton reporting. Total Picture Radio has formed a strategic alliance with The Institute for Corporate Productivity i4cp, allowing us to publish on our site the compete weekly research report in their TrendWatcher initiative, as well as record a weekly interview with the lead author of the article. Joining us today from St Petersburg, FL, is Holly Tompson senior analyst at i4cp.

The context for leadership is dramatically different from what it was even five years ago. Customers are harder to get and to keep, profit margins tend to be slimmer, and lots of employees live in a state of anxiety, stressed by overwork and worries about their jobs...

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So How Do You Really Feel About Management?

Written by Mark Vickers from i4cp

Mark Vickers

"Full disclosure: I'm a manager, and there are days when I wish I were nearly anything else." — Mark Vickers

"So it was reassuring to see a recent i4cp survey - to which there were 675 respondents - showing that most folks agree that being a boss is tough. What wasn't so reassuring is that a lot of employees just aren't impressed by their current management teams."

Welcome to our continuing TrendWatcher podcast series here on Total Picture Radio - this is Peter Clayton reporting. Total Picture Radio has formed a strategic alliance with The Institute for Corporate Productivity i4cp, allowing us to publish on our site the compete weekly research report in their TrendWatcher initiative, as well as record a weekly interview with the lead author of the article.

Joining us today from St Petersburg, FL, is Mark Vickers, vice-president of research at i4cp.

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