Healing the Wounds: Overcoming the Trauma of Layoffs and Revitalizing Downsized Organizations

by David M. Noer Narrated by Nick Sullivan

Overview

The basic structure of the first edition was built around a four level intervention model which provides a coherent structural foundation.  Substantial changes to the new edition include:       A revised and expanded preface to serve as both a preview of the book and a vehicle to entice both new readers and those who read the first edition.        A new chapter on leadership and coaching.  This chapter conceptualizes leadership in troubled times as a helping, not a controlling, relationship and draws on the author's "head, heart, and feet, coaching model.       A new chapter on self-definition and purpose: Addresses the basic need to define yourself based on your skills, values, and unique purpose, not on the organization where you happen to be employed.         Updated examples. New examples to be based on Noers experience, particularly those based on globalization, the change in demographics, and the current economy.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Recently, as Noer notes, organizations from public to private to nonprofit have ``embarked on a frenzy of layoffs.'' In this outstanding study, a major contribution to business literature, the author maintains that these layoffs have eroded the trust between employees and employers and have created a new managerial paradigm: ``Organizations that once saw people as assets to be nurtured and developed began to view those same people as costs to be cut.'' Noer ( Jobkeeping ) cogently addresses the violation of the old employment covenant of secure, paternalistic rules. Further, he notes, while those who are dismissed are usually offered counseling services, those who remain are left to cope with their anxiety and distress and the dismantled corporation, a process Noer terms ``layoff survivor sickness.'' He also suggests how companies should downsize, stressing the importance of compassion, communication and the acknowledgment of codependency, in which employees derive their self-worth from their role in the organization. (Oct. )

Product Details

BN ID:	2940176207712
Publisher:	Ascent Audio
Publication date:	07/20/2020
Edition description:	Unabridged

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