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Outplacement and Redundancy Blogs
As HR leaders supporting employees through redundancy, you know how vital the right guidance can be. Our collection of outplacement and redundancy blogs offer practical insights, expert advice and compassionate perspectives to help you navigate the complexities of redundancy with confidence – while ensuring your people remain the focus and feel supported every step of the way.
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- Redundancy consultation, Redundancy emotions
Whether you’re doing your first redundancy or your hundredth, people’s emotions are unpredictable. And as HR professionals, you navigate those emotions multiple times. For the individuals placed at risk, the managers you’re supporting and for yourself. Yet, often, too much energy is focused on the process and very little time is given to managing the emotional effects of redundancy. Even though, effectively supporting these for everyone can be the difference between a successful programme and a disaster.
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- Redundancy emotions
I've been on both sides of the redundancy table. I've experienced it twice myself and I've also managed redundancy processes as an HR professional. Through all of this, one thing has become clear to me: the difference that empathy - or indeed the lack of it - can make is enormous.
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- Redundancy emotions
I remember both my redundancies very vividly. I also remember those people that I had to make redundant. What strikes me most is how redundancy isn't just about losing a job. It's identity, security, self-worth. It's deeply personal and can remain with people for a very long time.
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- Planning for redundancies
When I first faced the prospect of managing redundancies, I quickly learned that knowing how to prepare for redundancy properly isn't just helpful - it's absolutely essential. Having been on both sides of the redundancy table throughout my career, I can tell you that your redundancy plan will make or break how smoothly the entire process unfolds.
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- Redundancy emotions
When managing redundancies, it's easy to get caught up in the procedural aspects - the legal requirements, the timelines, the documentation. But behind every redundancy process are real people with real experiences. And their redundancy stories hold invaluable lessons for HR professionals who want to lead with compassion and dignity.
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- Redundancy emotions
Putting compassion at the heart of managing redundancies can transform how messages are received and how individuals feel about the process. When HR professionals prioritise humanity alongside procedure, they create experiences that honour dignity while navigating difficult business decisions.
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- Redundancy emotions
Every redundancy is deeply human, touching lives, families and entire organisations. As HR professionals, we're often so focused on the procedural aspects of redundancy management that we can lose sight of what matters most: the people behind each and every redundancy.
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- Outplacement support
Whenever you start a redundancy programme, it’s easy to focus on the process. Have you got the business case written? Are the letters prepared and calculations drafted? Does the manager know how to approach the meetings? You make sure you’re following all the technical steps, but the key to a ‘better’ redundancy procedure is treating people with dignity and respect.
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- Redundancy consultation
A redundancy consultation period can be anything from a few days to a few months. For most people this time goes by in a blur. This blog contains some practical advice to share with people to help them make the most of this time.
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- Planning for redundancies
A redundancy announcement needs careful planning and preparation, it sets the tone for the consultation period and the days and weeks ahead. This blog contains guidance on how to get it right.
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- Planning for redundancies
Redundancies should be a last resort when all other options have been exhausted. This blog outlines 10 key questions you need answers to before entering into a redundancy process.
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- Outplacement support
Outplacement Support is more than just a nice thing to do for people. There are sound business reasons for doing the right thing and offering a best practice conclusion to redundancies.
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- Redundancy consultation
The consultation process is a vulnerable and challenging time for many people at risk of losing their job. This blog offers guidance on what the HR team and line managers can to do support people.
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- Outplacement support
If you've not had to manage redundancies before you may not have come across the term Outplacement Support. This blogs explains all you need to know about this much needed service for employees at risk of redundancy.