Posts Tagged ‘layoffs’
Severing ties the right way?
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in Smartbrief on Workforce — tracks feedback from leading managers and HR practitioners. We run the poll question each Wednesday in our e-newsletter. Last week, we asked: What kind of severance package do you offer departing employees as part of a layoff? We offer a severance based on years [...]
“Up in the Air” and the science of layoffs
Today’s guest post is by Aubrey Daniels, author of “Bringing out the Best in People,” and “OOPS! 13 Management Practices That Waste Time & Money And What To Do Instead.” He blogs on workplace and management issues at Aubreydanielsblog.com. In “Up in the Air,” George Clooney plays a corporate downsizing expert who travels from city [...]
Today’s bonus tracks: Employee engagement tricks that don’t work
“Engagement” is one of the big buzzwords in management right now. How to define it, how to encourage it and how to predict which prospective hires are going to have it in spades. But David Zinger outlines the many ways we’re getting it all wrong. 22 ways to go wrong with employee engagement Surely you [...]
Strategic restructuring: Are you cutting fat or muscle?
Today’s guest post is by Mark Nyman, a principal of The RBL Group, a strategic HR and leadership systems advisory firm. He is co-author, with four senior partners at RBL, including Dave Ulrich, of “HR Transformation.” His expertise is in large systems change, organization design and alignment, change management, strategy development processes, executive coaching, large [...]
Saving money and morale
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in Smartbrief on Workforce — tracks feedback from leading managers and HR practitioners. We run the poll question each Wednesday in our e-newsletter and feature analysis from SmartBrief on Workforce Senior Editor Mary Ellen Slayter on this blog. Last week’s poll question: Do you consider your company “cheap”? Yes, [...]
Layoffs hurt everyone
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in Smartbrief on Workforce — tracks feedback from leading managers and HR practitioners. We run the poll question each Wednesday in our e-newsletter and feature analysis from SmartBrief on Workforce Senior Editor Mary Ellen Slayter on this blog. Last week’s poll question: In a layoff, who is usually more [...]
Today’s bonus tracks: Giving thanks for a layoff
Layoffs are stressful, but sometimes they turn out to be a blessing. The first link shares one man’s story of how a layoff led to a better job down the road. Making a layoff pay off The real cost of cutting 401(k) contributions Image credit, eyeidea, via iStock
Today’s bonus tracks
While you wait for your SmartBrief on Workforce, check out these additional links we found this morning: When the interview subject takes control How Jim Collins puts “no” to work Debating the moral angle of layoffs Image credit, iStock
