Make Sure You Have a Plan for Your Exit Before You are Laid Off

Martha I. Finney

Nov 2009 · Pearson Education

About this ebook

This Element is an excerpt from Rebound: A Proven Plan for Starting Over After Job Loss (ISBN: 9780137021147) by Martha Finney. Available in print and digital formats.

Be ready: know what to say and do when they’re laying you off...what never to say and do...and what to do if you lose it!

Almost every layoff includes a long walk down a hall to a room with a closed door. You know who’s behind that door. Your boss. Maybe someone from HR. You want to handle the meeting with dignity, but you’re afraid you’ll lose it. That walk is your chance to regroup and prepare....

About the author

Martha I. Finney is a writer and consultant specializing in employee engagement and leadership communications. A business journalist for 20 years before entering consulting full-time, she brings the qualitative perspective of workplace passion and problem-solving to clients who value the transformative power of engaged employees. Her clients and leader interviews have come from such organizations as the U.S. CIA; Intuit; Hewlett-Packard; Newell Rubbermaid; Caterpillar; Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide; Marriott; America Online; Yahoo!; the New York Philharmonic; Textron; Charles Schwab; Industrial Light and Magic; AFLAC; Walt Disney Studios; Deloitte Touche and U.S. Geological Survey. She is author or co-author of more than 13 books, including HR From the Heart: Inspiring Stories and Strategies for Building the People Side of Great Business, with Yahoo’s Chief People Officer, Libby Sartain. Her original research has been featured on CNN, NPR’s Morning Edition, and in major newspapers throughout the U.S.