Downsizing and layoffs are a fact of corporate life, and leaders often need to make difficult decisions about personnel, and implement them. This section deals with whether downsizing and layoffs are ACTUALLY effect corporate strategies, and how leaders can communicate about, and lead through downsizing and layoffs to improve the results.
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By Anni Layne
- Learn how to transform a layoff into a savvy sabbatical -- a time to recharge your batteries and learn new skills without sabotaging your résumé. Author Hope Dlugozima offers tips for taking six months off smart.
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By Robert Bacal
- Free Preview: Learn to position yourself so that IF you lose your job, you will move through the process and into a new job with less trauma and anxiety and with more success.
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By Anni Layne
- The psychological repercussions of layoffs may sabotage downsized employees, survivors, and companies for years after a cutback, says author Ruth Luban. Here, she offers tips for softening the emotional blows of a pink slip.
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By Ken Blanchard
- Most companies have no plan associated with downsizing other than to reduce their cost structure using the easiest means possible, namely reduce head count. The positive impact is questionable. A recent American Management Association study reported that within a year, only 46 percent of downsized companies reported increased profits, and only 33 percent reported increased productivity.
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By US Government
- Following are some of the highlights of the Downsizing Study Team's findings from our investigation of benchmarked organizations:
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