Is Redundancy a Risk
Companies often re-evaluate their business structure, downsizing and streamlining to make cost savings. The bi-product of these corporate decisions can often unfortunately be redundancies.
A whisper of the word itself can send shockwaves throughout the department and the whole company. People can worry about their future employment status, fear the future, and damage their feelings of commitment to their work.
If you are being made redundant, it can be a shock to the system which can result in low self esteem and lowered confidence. It also raises questions of what to do next.
These feelings are natural as the change is forced and out of your control. However, try considering what opportunities this unexpected change has provided. These are all within your control:
• Have you considered running your own business?
• Maybe you have previously considered changing your job or career?
• Have you wanted to spend time travelling or getting involved in some charity work?
Once you begin to view this as an opportunity, start to research all your options. Consider the pros and cons for each. Think about what you want from your next role and life in general. For example if you want to include more organisation and planning responsibilities in your next role and reduce the amount of sales focus, then consider a position that includes project management tasks or team leader responsibilities. Or maybe you would like to strike a better work life balance, so apply for roles that are either part-time or include flexible working arrangements.
There is much you can do, even if redundancy is not certain. Have a contingency plan in place. Research your options in advance and become familiar with the job market. This will reduce the stress and uncertainty, creating options in advance.
It also helps to know where you stand legally,and what your current employment rights are. Visit Citizens advice bureau or direct gov.
If you want to discuss your options and discover the endless opportunities available to you,
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Dianne CramptonDianne Crampton is an executive leadership coach, team culture consultant, author and president of TIGERS Success Series, Inc. Dianne has been helping CEO's and Executives connect their employees to their core values and goals for over 20 years using the trademarked TIGERS team culture process, which stands for trust, interdependence, genuineness, empathy, risk and success. To download a free white paper on behaviors that build strong teams and behaviors that will predictably tear them down go here. Dianne's contribution to the 2010 Pfeiffer Consulting Journal (an imprint of John Wiley and Sons Publishers) entitled TIGERS Hearted Teams is available in November 2009. Her new book TIGERS Among Us: 5 Winning Business Team Cultures And Why, Three Creeks Publishing will release in March 2010. To receive publishing discounts, subscribe to the free TigerTracks Newsletter here. - Visit Dianne Crampton's Website |
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