Healing the Wounds: Overcoming the Trauma of Layoffs and Revitalizing Downsized Organizations, Revised and Updated
- 4h 20m
- David M. Noer
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2009
Organizations of all types are experiencing an unprecedented, global pandemic of downsizing. This exceptionally timely book addresses the most crucial and complex leadership task since the industrial revolution: how to put the pieces back together and restore productivity in the midst of uncertain contracts between employee and employer. From an employee perspective, this book provides a remedy for the toxic symptoms—anger, fear, anxiety, and depression—of layoff survivor sickness and offers a prescription for a deeper, more autonomous and fulfilling employment relationship.
Combining dramatic front-line case studies and original research that deals with both downsized organizations and layoff survivors, David Noer—an expert who coined the term layoff survivor sickness and has been frequently quoted in major media such as the Wall Street Journal and Fortune—offers organizational leaders, managers, human resource professionals, consultants, layoff survivors, and layoff victims an original model, clear guidelines, and much-needed perspective on personal and organizational revitalization.
This new and significantly revised edition includes a focus on leadership and coaching that literally rewrites the rulebook on how to lead during times of crisis, a cutting-edge approach for employees to reorient themselves within their jobs and organizations, plus vivid examples Noer has amassed over the past 15 years reflecting increased globalization, changing demographic realities, and of course, uncertainties in the marketplace. Healing the Wounds is a must-read for all involved in helping organizations rebound from downsizing and who wish to personally increase their job satisfaction, autonomy, and relevance.
About the Author
David M. Noer is vice president for training and education for the Center for Creative Leadership. He has consulted extensively both in the United States and abroad, and he is the author of Multinational People Management (1975), How to Beat the Employment Game (1975), and Jobkeeping (1976).
In this Book
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Forgotten Survivors—What Happens to Those Who Are Left Behind
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Changing Organizations and the End of Job Security
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Learning from the Past—The Survivor Syndrome Across Time
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Speaking for Themselves—Layoff Survivor Stories
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Time Does Not Heal All Wounds—The Effects of Long-Term Survivor Sickness
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A Four-Level Process for Handling Layoffs and Their Effects
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Level One: Manage the Layoff Processes
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Level Two: Facilitate the Necessary Grieving
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Level Three: Break the Codependency Chain and Empower People
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Level Four: Build a New Employment Relationship
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Requisite Leadership Competencies They Don't Teach in Business School
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Rethinking Loyalty, Commitment, and Motivation—The Long and Painful Birth of the New Reality
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Developing the Right Leadership Stuff
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Life After Downsizing—Revitalizing Ourselves and Our Organizations
