Corporations and entities have sometimes to face the harsh reality of laying off their staff in order to ensure their survival and financial well being.
Human resources processes have been optimized to ensure a smooth process preparing towards the lay-off days, and the proper conduct of the process for the targeted employees, in accordance to the law.
However, most companies fail miserably at developing a true plan for the aftermath of the reduction in force. They fail at implementing a support system for those left.
Yet, that support system is key to ensure continued productivity, and avoid entering into a morale decaying loop which will be directly impact full to the company performance after the layoffs.
I help you design a set of measures and program, custom developed for your organization specific conditions, which covers:
- safe verbalization of doubt in the management team, and unspoken worries / issues about the future
- team work discussion about the proactive steps which can be taken to mitigate that impact
- discussion about the assumptions for the business going forward
- identification of the organization natural "caretakers" towards whom the remaining employees will gravitate to in search of healing