Life after Retrenchement training
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Retrenchment is not undertaken lightly…
Organisations do not lightly contemplate retrenchments for reasons of cost, disruption to business, negative market perceptions and loss of staff morale.
Retrenchment often becomes a matter of rigorously following check boxes and steps …… with the consequence that we sometimes forget that we are dealing with people
Rigorous legal compliance is required……..
The impact on staff is high….
Initially there is panic amongst ALL STAFF until it is clarified who will and will not be affected
Retrenchment impacts widely ….• Retrenched people see this as a “dark night of
terror”• Unaffected or successful staff have
tremendous feelings of guilt towards their affected colleagues
• Retrenched people influence unaffected staff, as well as customers; unions and staff associations; press and the community at large
The result is a changed workplace….
• The retrenched staff are very emotional – anger and fear reduce their rationality
• The “survivors” feel they can no longer trust management and fear the next round of retrenchments
• Management are under great pressure to meet production targets with a de-motivated workforce
Have to be able to demonstrate that actions have been taken to mitigate the adverse effects of the retrenchment
Legal processes have to be rigorously followed ……
• Deal with their high emotionality• Develop their ability to bounce back• Deal with their changed financial
circumstances• Take the first steps to either find another
job or start their own business
Best practice is to assist retrenched people……
Venting
• Acknowledge the anger
• Acknowledge the fear
We offer …….
Modular training incorporating coaching sessions with a business coach
Training Modules
1. Building Resilience2. Dealing with your finances3. Career goals and income strategies4. Re-entering formal employment5. Starting your own business6. Coaching
Module 1: Building Resiliencefor individuals, teams and leaders
Building Resilience principles
1. Connect to your purpose and meaning in life
2. Use your unique strengths
3. Maintain perspective
4. Generate positive feelings
5. Be realistically optimistic
6. Persevere by being open minded and flexible
7. Reach out to others
Building Resilience Principles
Building Resilience outcome: • Internal resourcefulness and mental strength• Thinking and listening more clearly
Module 2: Dealing with your finances
Module 3: Career goals and income strategies
Module 4: Re-entering formal employment
Module 5: Starting your own business
Outcomes for retrenched people• Manage their emotions and thinking so that they are
better able to deal with the impact of the retrenchment
• Access to advice, practical skills and processes to deal with the effects of the retrenchment
• Begin the process of finding sustainable income replacement
• Begin the process of personal reconciling and healing
Outcomes for the organisation• Manage the leavers’ perception of the
organisation• Sustain the morale of the survivors in the
organisation• Minimize reputation risk• Conduct best-practice, socially responsible
retrenchment process
We are …..• Highly experienced managers from finance,
marketing, supply chain, legal, distribution and HR
• Each manager has personally been involved in retrenching staff …. and has personally been either retrenched or taken voluntary severance
• Each manager has deep facilitation experience and skills
Optional• Briefing of retrenchment team • Training managers how to inform staff that
they are to be to be retrenched• Re-energising staff who suffer from “survivor
sickness”
Contact us in South Africa:
• Rod Warner 082 456 0819 [email protected]
• Visit us: www.buildingresilience.co.zawww.facebook.com/groups/buildingresilience/