Leading After a Layoff: Five Proven Steps to Quickly Reignite Your Team's Productivity

Managers dealing with a layoff are fighting the twin forces of employee discontent and upper management pressure. The surviving employees must grapple with the emotions of shock, fear and betrayal, while upper management pushes for immediate results so they can declare the redundancy programme a success. Many managers and supervisors get stuck in the middle with no formal training on how to maintain productivity and morale during this difficult time. Leading After a Layoff guides managers through this process, helping their teams regroup, rethink and rebuild. Outlining five essential skills that managers can use, this practical book from the trenches shows how to: Help direct reports cope with - and move past - company terminations; Ease concerns about future layoffs; Accomplish more work with fewer people; Instill trust and bolster motivation; Quickly redefine roles and job parameters; This is one book a manager needs to guide his or her team to a positive, successful future.