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LEADING-LAYOFFS5 MIN READ

Map the Human Transition

Identify what affected employees and survivors need at each transition stage.

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 psychological transition after the external change. uses Bridges Transition 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…

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