Covers the impact of downsizing, layoffs, and mass firings.

Once Again, Downsizing is Still a Bad Idea

Great article in this morning’s The Wall Street Journal titled Recalculating the Costs of Big Layoffs. Lots of good hard-number examples. It still amazes me after so many years of solid research on the impact of downsizing (see Wayne Cascio’s …

Alternatives to Downsizing

This relates to my recent post on layoffs. My web sleuth found my Alternatives to Downsizing article from 1996 just tucked away on my website. …

Jeff Pfeffer on Lay Off the Layoffs in Newsweek

Back in the mid-90s I wrote about the problems with downsizing and tried to advise my clients to avoid it. I was bolstered by a report Wayne Cascio wrote for US Department of Labor where he identified nine alternatives to …

Does Termination Equal Getting Even?

I was quoted in Lin Grensing-Pophal’s online article Getting Even in Human Resource Executive Online. The foucs of the article  Anecdotal evidence seems to indicate that employees are increasingly reacting to their layoffs and terminations with varying degrees of revenge. …

The Terror of Change

In my work on resistance I talk about Level 2, an emotional reaction to change. The root of this is often fear. Fear that I’ll lose my job, I’ll lose face, or Ill lose control. But it’s getting worse. Level …

Leading in Turbulent Times

I just wrote a white paper titled Leading in Turbulent Times. You can read the full article at Leading in Turbulent Times Here are a couple of paragraphs: With so much at stake, it is easy to put on blinders …