Design the Team Reset
Run the first survivor meeting without minimizing loss or drifting into strategy theater.
The humane move is not softer language; it is cleaner uncertainty. Separate the decision from the delivery Layoffs are not a normal announcement with sadder wording; they are a high-stakes trust event where people judge the organization by process, timing, specificity, and treatment. This lesson focuses on the survivor reset meeting. uses Kotter 8-Step Change Model because the leader has to reduce uncertainty without pretending the loss is small. The mechanism is simple: people cannot process strategy while they are guessing whether the facts are being hidden, whether the process was arbitrary, or whether their next practical step is being…
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