Disaster Zone Podcast: Handling layoffs with empathy
Just recently, a lead item in the news is that Health and Human Services (HHS) will be laying off 20,000 employees. There have been many thousands more of federal workers who have been laid off in other federal agencies. Doing reductions in force is not new and can be quite common in some industries, like those within technology. This podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/handling-layoffs-with-empathy-mixdown/id1752742252?i=1000701051478 looks at how to inform people they are "out of a job" with more empathy.
See the description below:
Personally, I have had to inform employees that their jobs were being eliminated. Sometimes because of a budget cut, sometimes due to their performance. How we handle these events is important to the people directly impacted and also to those who remain behind. This podcast will be addressing both topics and how to better structure a layoff scenario—and do it with empathy.
Jim Cichanski, the founder, and Chief Human Resources Officer of Flex HR, has 30+ years' of experience in human resources, holding senior level positions in companies that were privately held, pre-IPO, foreign owned, joint venture, Fortune 50 and one labeled the “fastest growing F1000 in America.” He has a solid background in high tech, manufacturing, services and management.
His background in human resources includes organizational process evaluation and improvement, labor laws, integration of businesses, cost reduction, organizational development, and all functional areas of human resources. These include but are not limited to Benefits, Compensation, Staffing, Diversity, ERISA, DOL Compliance, Immigration, Learning & Development, Stock Administration, Executive Compensation, Employee Relations, and over 300 Mergers & Acquisitions. Jim’s experience includes operational HR management knowledge globally in 32 countries and has transitioned companies from 30 to 67,000 employees worldwide.
Companies he has worked for include Unisys, Novell, Premiere Technologies and PaySys International. Jim is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt.
