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January's Featured Staff Member

Sunitha Narayanan

Career Coach

Sunitha is a co-active career coach who has over 18 years experience working with clients on exploring and researching career ideas, writing proactive job search plans and indentifying strategies for transition, work-life balance and career management issues.  Her coaching style is informed by active listening, intuition, curiosity and a strong passion and belief that her clients are naturally creative and resourceful.  Sunitha is also known for embracing the whole picture of her client: fulfillment, balance and process.  She is a skilled presenter and facilitator, having presented on a variety of career development topics to diverse audiences.  As a teacher, Sunitha shares her deep knowledge in the career development process with enthusiasm and energy to engage students at Miami University, Ohio and Xavier University. Sunitha is published in her field, H&R Corporate Relocation News and Career Convergence, a web journal of the National Career Development Association.

Hello friends,

Happy Winter!

Many experts feel that the economy is on the upswing. Others feel it may be some time before we see improvement. Regardless, the economy is bound to recover. That means we all need to be planning what our organization's workforce strategy will look like when that happens. This issue devotes thought to economic recovery planning, hot workforce trends you need to be aware of in 2010 and how to work through workforce challenges that the economy still may present. No matter what the economy will look like by the end of this year, one thing is sure: 2010 is going to be an exciting year for organizations and individuals!

Happy New Year!

Tim

Ten Strategies to Position Your Organization for Economic Recovery

It's just as important to plan for an economic upturn as it is to develop contingency plans for a looming recession. Here are ten strategies to prepare your organization to be well-positioned for the economic recovery.

Intriguing Secrets: Why You Should Prepare Immediately for an Economic Upturn

There are various groups of thought on when the economy will start to improve. Regardless of whether companies think it's now, later or never, the key is to balance risk and reward in your planning for the upside.

Human Resources Opportunities: Three Hot Trends for the Next Two Years

Generational issues, continued advancements in technology and changes following the recession are on the horizon over the coming years, providing more leadership opportunities for HR professionals.

Gearing Up for a Reviving Economy

This is the ideal time to implement strategies that express appreciation for your loyal, hard working employees, encourage their efforts to meet increasing customer demands, inspire new innovations, improvements and technologies, and build a team dedicated to company goals.

Managing Through Change: Be Flexible Without Compromising Your Integrity

During tough times, it's not unusual for employees to have concerns over change within the company. Businesses that want their employees to feel valued should listen and acknowledge their concerns and ideas, even if the end result is an action contrary to what the employees advocated.