H1N1 Planning – Five Ways Businesses Can Cope

H1N1 has certainly raised a host of dilemmas for our global society since spring 2009. Not only have we coped with racing to develop and distribute a suitable vaccine, but we also have had to develop strategies for coping with multiple and extended absences at work and at school. To say that this has been a difficult time is an understatement, but it has also been an opportunity to rethink prior assumptions which have long been unchallenged.

Since spring 2009, H1N1 has raised a host of dilemmas for our global society. Not only have we coped with racing to develop and distribute a suitable vaccine, but we also have had to develop strategies for coping with multiple and extended absences at work and at school. To say that this has been a difficult time is an understatement, but it has also been an opportunity to rethink prior assumptions which have long been unchallenged.

• Recent reports from the USA Center for Disease Control (CDC) indicate that 44,555 people have been infected with and 4,314 have died from the H1N1 flu as of 11/25/09 (Flucount.org, 2009).
• Worldwide, the figures are 1,041,467 infected and 11, 879 dead (Flucount).

Much as post-9-11 in the USA, companies were developing catastrophic emergency procedures, the media and government are replete with the call for businesses and schools to develop comprehensive continuity plans due to the H1N1 pandemic. How do we go about creating such a plan responsibly and with the input of staff members? And what are the issues involved?

Aside from the loss of revenue as people are not out shopping and have their minds focused on coping with the illness, there is a larger immediate issue which faces all businesses. How do businesses cope with large numbers of people absent from work because they fit into any of the following categories?

• They have a fever (CDC recommends staying home and….

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Transformation for a New Career

NPR Florida– WLRN Tropical Currents

Dr. King on Transformation for a NEW Career- Skill Sets

Dr. Kathy King, keynote speaker, award winning author and professional coach, was a guest on Florida NPR radio on November 9, 2009 in a special 1-hr discussion about career transformation and retraining.

Joseph Cooper is the host of WLRN’s Tropical Currents broadcasting on the web and air waves from Miami Florida. In a full one hour, daytime interview from her New York City offices, Dr. King fielded questions from Cooper, listeners on the call in line and and provided much needed information and encouragement for developing alternative career paths.

The emphasis was on federal and state resources as well as retraining opportunities, considering new career paths, and adult development and change. Dr. King reminds callers that …..

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