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Empathetic Leadership in Layoffs

Effective Leadership Strategies for Managing Post-Layoff Challenges.

Created byAlexia Georghiou
4.6
(63 reviews)
BeginnerUpdated Sep 27, 2024
Empathetic Leadership in Layoffs

What You'll Learn

check_circleUnderstand the Stages of Grief in the Workplace: Recognize how layoffs trigger emotional responses and identify behaviors associated with each stage of grief.
check_circleApply Empathetic Leadership Techniques: Use empathy-driven strategies to support employees through layoffs and foster trust and resilience.
check_circleLearn from Real-World Case Studies: Analyze successful and unsuccessful layoff strategies through case studies from companies like Airbnb, Basecamp, and Salesforce.
check_circleDevelop a Post-Layoff Retention Plan: Create actionable plans to retain remaining employees by promoting transparency, mental health support, and growth opportunities.
check_circleCreate an Empathetic Leadership Playbook

About This Course

Layoffs are one of the most difficult challenges any organization can face. They don't just affect those who are let go, but also deeply impact the morale and engagement of remaining employees. Without proper leadership, the aftermath of layoffs can lead to low morale, decreased productivity, and increased turnover.

This course is designed to equip leaders with practical, empathy-driven strategies to support employees through the emotional challenges of layoffs, ensuring that remaining staff stay engaged and committed. You will learn how to navigate the stages of grief in the workplace, apply successful retention strategies, and foster a resilient, trusting workforce in the face of uncertainty.

Why This Matters:

Layoffs often create an atmosphere of fear and disengagement, which can have long-term negative effects on company culture and performance. By addressing these issues with empathy and clear communication, leaders can maintain a healthy, productive environment while minimizing turnover. This course helps solve the problem of post-layoff attrition by giving leaders the tools to foster trust and resilience, ultimately retaining valuable talent during challenging times.

Your Instructor

Alexia Georghiou
Alexia Georghiou

Leadership and Organizational Development

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Alexia Georghiou is a keynote speaker, leadership educator and founder of the World Happiness Fellowship. She is Chief Editor of Happiness Driven Leadership and author of The Future of Work Is Human. In her live keynote, Happiness Is a Leadership Skill: The Human Advantage in the Age of AI, Alexia measures audience happiness in real time, turning an often subjective concept into a measurable leadership conversation. Her work explores the intersection of happiness, AI, leadership and the future of work, challenging leaders to consider the human experience alongside performance.

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

Provincial regulators of CPAs in Canada do not require that independent providers of CPD be approved to offer courses. Instead, individual CPAs are responsible for assessing whether a CPD activity meets their requirements, and may take activities from any source provided those requirements are met.

Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.

What Students Are Saying

4.6
Student's Choice
63 reviews

Frequently Asked Questions

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