Most failures in humane downsizing decisions trace back to a conversation someone avoided having. Teams read what their leaders tolerate on this area of organisational leadership far more accurately than what their leaders announce. Participants take away a working set of documents supporting the wider organisational leadership agenda, ready to be adapted internally. The material serves both public bodies and commercial organisations dealing with humane downsizing decisions. The teaching approach is deliberately practical: participants build a leadership plan for the practice within organisational leadership as they go. Comparative studies of this strand of organisational leadership across sectors find the same handful of failure points recurring. Ambition around humane downsizing decisions outruns capacity unless the sequencing is deliberate. The course sets out a working method for the organisational leadership capability that participants can apply the week they return. Work concludes with a self-assessment of this aspect of organisational leadership that participants can repeat annually.
Expected Learning Outcomes
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Identify the failure points in humane downsizing decisions most likely to cause loss, and control them first.
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Compare the organisation's handling of humane downsizing decisions with recognised practice, and close the material gaps.
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Build the internal capability for humane downsizing decisions rather than depending on external support indefinitely.
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Communicate the reasoning behind humane downsizing decisions, not only the conclusion.
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Build the trust that makes candid feedback about humane downsizing decisions possible.
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Resolve conflict about humane downsizing decisions without leaving residue.
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Make decisions on humane downsizing decisions at the right speed for the risk involved.
Who Should Attend
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Managers of geographically distributed teams handling humane downsizing decisions.
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Newly promoted managers taking on humane downsizing decisions for the first time.
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Founders and owner-managers formalising humane downsizing decisions as the organisation grows.
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Human resources partners advising leaders on humane downsizing decisions.
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Coordinators responsible for keeping records and documentation of humane downsizing decisions current.
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Analysts producing the data on which decisions about humane downsizing decisions rest.
Course Modules
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Humane downsizing decisions: performance, standards and consistency
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Applying the standard on humane downsizing decisions to your best performer
Decide the point at which you would escalate humane downsizing decisions.
Build the internal briefing that explains humane downsizing decisions to those affected.
Prepare the response for the most likely failure in humane downsizing decisions.
Identify your successor for humane downsizing decisions and the gap they need to close.
Session 2Saying the thing about humane downsizing decisions that nobody wants to say
Decide what will be stopped to create capacity for humane downsizing decisions.
Distinguish symptoms from causes when humane downsizing decisions underperforms.
