Laying off employees : expert solutions to everyday challenges.

Implementing a layoff is one of the most difficult and painful challenges a manager can face. Handled skillfully and compassionately, a layoff can set your team and your company on a positive new path; but, when handled improperly, layoffs can have negative effects that impact morale, productivity a...

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Corporate Authors: Harvard Business School. Press
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Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Pocket mentor series
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Summary: Implementing a layoff is one of the most difficult and painful challenges a manager can face. Handled skillfully and compassionately, a layoff can set your team and your company on a positive new path; but, when handled improperly, layoffs can have negative effects that impact morale, productivity and more.
Item Description: Donation.
Carrier Form: xii, 85 p. ; 18 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9781422129685 (pbk.) :
1422129683 (pbk.)
Index Number: HD58
CLC: F272.92
Call Number: F272.92/L427
Contents: Laying off employees: The basics. What is a layoff? ; Taking care of yourself during a layoff ; Understanding the reasoning behind a layoff ; Deciding whom to lay off ; Communicating a layoff to your employees ; Helping displaced workers afterward ; Managing layoff survivors ; Leading your team after a layoff. -- Tips and tools. Tools for laying off employees ; Test yourself ; Key terms ; Frequently asked questions ; To learn more ; Sources for laying off employees.