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There are for this page. 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. Browse All Listings You Are In The Change Leadership : Downsizing And Layoff Challenges Section Leadership Improvement Resources: How to Move Forward When You're Between Jobs 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. (Added: 18-Jul-2003 Hits: 312 ) Layoff Proofing Yourself While You Still Have A Job Helpcard 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. (Added: 18-Jul-2003 Hits: 267 ) Little Payoff in Layoffs By Terry Wall - Little payoff in layoffs Smart companies look at hiring when economy hits a slump. (Added: 18-Jul-2003 Hits: 241 ) Pink-Slip Blues 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. (Added: 18-Jul-2003 Hits: 248 ) QUALITY DIGEST ARTICLE / KEN BLANCHARD 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. (Added: 15-Oct-2002 Hits: 268 ) Serving the American Public:Best Practices in Downsizing By US Government - Following are some of the highlights of the Downsizing Study Team's findings from our investigation of benchmarked organizations: (Added: 15-Oct-2002 Hits: 310 ) Prev 6 Next 6 Other Leadership Development Sub-Categories: These Pages Were Updated/Changed On: 10-Mar-2010 - 22:36:24 Purging of bad links was last done on Nov. 17, 2009 The Best Leadership Search Engine On The Planet And, Have Your Say/Comment or Question Need to find more articles, ideas, and help with leadership and management? Use our specialized high powered search engine designed just to find leadership and management related material. Hint: Narrow your search by clicking on the appropriate tab after you have done your initial search. For example, type in your keywords, press search. All relevant results will appear. If you want to view ONLY articles free to view, click the "free to view" tab. Loading You can have your say on this topic, leave a comment, ask a question and/or interact with our other visitors to the Leadership Development Resource Center. Tell us what you think of the page, or ask us a leadership question. Let us know what you are looking for.   | Newest Additions | | Most Popular |

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