Comments on: Alternatives to Layoffs: One Truth and Three Lies that keep organizations from trying http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/harquail/2008/12/21/alternatives-to-layoffs-one-truth-and-three-lies-that-keep-organizations-from-trying/ aligning identity, action and purpose Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:57:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: CV Harquail http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/harquail/2008/12/21/alternatives-to-layoffs-one-truth-and-three-lies-that-keep-organizations-from-trying/comment-page-1/#comment-275 CV Harquail Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:10:55 +0000 http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/?p=816#comment-275 Sandy, it was your post about "organizational weight loss " (http://managementwisdom.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/10/organizational.html) that got me thinking about what is probably the biggest unanticipated cost of layoffs -- the idea that expertise just walks out the door when employees do AND that so few organizations plan ahead for this -- ouch. And even if the organization did plan ahead, who would really want to share their hard earned knowledge with the organization that doesn't think they are important enough to employ? Hard logic to get around. Sandy, it was your post about “organizational weight loss ” (http://managementwisdom.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/10/organizational.html) that got me thinking about what is probably the biggest unanticipated cost of layoffs — the idea that expertise just walks out the door when employees do AND that so few organizations plan ahead for this — ouch. And even if the organization did plan ahead, who would really want to share their hard earned knowledge with the organization that doesn’t think they are important enough to employ? Hard logic to get around.

]]> By: Sandy Piderit http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/harquail/2008/12/21/alternatives-to-layoffs-one-truth-and-three-lies-that-keep-organizations-from-trying/comment-page-1/#comment-274 Sandy Piderit Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:47:42 +0000 http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/?p=816#comment-274 Great synthesis of the literature showing that layoffs don't have the benefits that lemmings may believe they will! And as you know, I get frustrated when managers fall into the misperception that workers are widgets, but unfortunately, the myth is powerful. Great synthesis of the literature showing that layoffs don’t have the benefits that lemmings may believe they will!

And as you know, I get frustrated when managers fall into the misperception that workers are widgets, but unfortunately, the myth is powerful.

]]> By: Wally Bock http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/harquail/2008/12/21/alternatives-to-layoffs-one-truth-and-three-lies-that-keep-organizations-from-trying/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Wally Bock Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:40:09 +0000 http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/?p=816#comment-272 Congratulations! This post was selected as one of the five best business blog posts of the week in my Three Star Leadership Midweek Review of the Business Blogs. http://blog.threestarleadership.com/2008/12/31/123108-midweek-look-at-the-business-blogs.aspx Wally Bock Congratulations! This post was selected as one of the five best business blog posts of the week in my Three Star

Leadership Midweek Review of the Business Blogs.

http://blog.threestarleadership.com/2008/12/31/123108-midweek-look-at-the-business-blogs.aspx

Wally Bock

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