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TrendWatcher: HR Director Print E-mail
Wednesday, 28 January 2009

HR: An Executive Training Ground?

Not all director-level positions are created equal. Donna Bear profiles the career paths of Lisa Brummel, Microsoft; and Arvind Rajan, Linkedin.

Donna Bear, i4cp
Donna Bear
Welcome to our weekly TrendWatcher podcast here on TotalPicture Radio - in association with i4cp - The Institute for Corporate Productivity TPR has formed a strategic alliance with 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 Peter Clayton today is Donna Bear, Senior Research Analyst with i4cp.

"The electorate has spoken. Obama's lack of experience? Irrelevant. If the recent political race in the U.S. brought nothing else to light, it certainly raised the profile of how decision-makers must weigh the attributes of direct experience, relevancy, trust, hope and leadership in selecting a top executive. So, too, are businesses wrestling with such issues. Both Microsoft and LinkedIn considered the merits and trade-offs of selecting executives with no specific human resources experience to head up their HR organizations."

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TrendWatcher Jobs Forecast 2009 Print E-mail
Monday, 19 January 2009

Forecasts - 2009. A Podcast with the VP of Research at i4cp, Mark Vickers.

"The Priorities Will Be Making Profits and Keeping Customers Satisfied" - Mark Vickers

Mark Vickers, VP research, i4cp
Mark Vickers
Happy New Year! Well, maybe, sort of. At least, we hope it'll be happy. But, a lot of people seem to have skipped right over that intoxicating, sweet period of hope-filled resolutions and sunk directly into some kind of gloomy hangover from 2008...

Welcome to our weekly TrendWatcher podcast here on TotalPicture Radio - in association with The Institute for Corporate Productivity.TPR has formed a strategic alliance with 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. Mark is responsible for managing and editing various major research projects at i4cp. He is also a futurist and the editor of the company's TrendWatcher publication, which examines the business and social trends that are likely to influence the future of work.

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TrendWatcher Podcast -Skill Levels Print E-mail
Thursday, 08 January 2009

Will Higher Skill Levels Emerge from Today's Economic Gloom?

Unemployment Hits 7.2%, a 15-Year High

Alice Graves, i4cp
Alice Graves
The nation’s employers shed 524,000 jobs in December, the government reported Friday, and a rapidly deteriorating economy promised more significant losses in the months ahead.

Welcome to our continuing TrendWatcher series 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 Alice Graves, research associate at i4cp.

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