Downsizing Employment resignations, firings, even layoffs create “holes” in a company’s organization. The ups and downs in the economy has always been the excuse for many organizations to downsize by laying off staff. In fact a recent poll of executives reveals that downsizing (nice name for it, hub?) will continue for at least the next
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A few years ago, a company president who had been hiring and firing for 22 years and was a long time client of ours shared one of the secrets of his successful managerial reputation. He told us that one of the major differences between a good manager and an excellent manager was NOT in the
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The Moment It’s Monday morning, ..right after the staff meeting. One of your key or better employees calls you or comes to you and says “Can we talk for a moment?”. You quickly try to recall the past few weeks business issues and there are none that come to mind that need a personal conference
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Caught Off Guard None of us like it when a valued employee leaves. The announcement of his decision to leave is as much a shock as the leaving itself. How often have we wished we had been forewarned of the event? How many times do we feel we’ve been caught with “our pants down”… in
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