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Supporting Change and Career Transitions

When preparing for organisational change and restructuring, HR and Senior Managers seek our advise prior to the announcement on best practice for supporting people affected. This includes the design and planning of managing change and providing outplacement support.

Managing Change

Managing Change workshops are designed to equip line managers to manage the impact change has on themselves and on their employees. It provides tools to help them to support their people and maintain morale.

Similarly after the announcement Managing Change workshops help all employees to deal with the uncertainty of protracted change, to take personal responsibility for their feelings and behaviours and provide tools that help them to support others.

Development of an On-site Career Resource Centre

During significant organisational restructuring, on-site career resource centres are an ideal way to provide access to support services for all employees affected, enabling the least impact possible on the business and engaging a ‘business-as-usual’ approach. Those not affected by redundancy are comforted by the evident support provided for their colleagues and team mates.

Career Decision Making Support

When employees need to decide whether to apply for an internal role or to accept redundancy during the tenuous process of restructuring, neutral and expert facilitation to explore options is invaluable.

Professional Review

The Professional Review is the perfect process for busy senior level people in work and for those whose roles have been disestablished through organisational restructuring. It offers a reflective forum in which to review your life and career and make provision for what is ahead. A structured two hour session gives space to reviewing the past, looking at the present and planning for the future. If you wish, the dialogue can be recorded and summarised during the process for you to reflect on. Follow up sessions are recommended.

Career Transition or Outplacement

Outplacement programmes are designed to suit any level of role and are flexible to meet the needs of the individual or size of the project.
Individual Outplacement programmes usually offer one to six months of support beginning during notice period right through to acquiring new employment or Transition or Career Change readiness. Programmes typically cover career evaluation and assessment to determine direction and best options; creating a competitive job search strategy; CV review/writing; interview skills coaching and job offer/negotiation support.

Group Outplacement

Group Outplacement programmes work well and are cost effective for groups of people of a similar function or level in the business. A mix of group workshops and one on one work give people the best of both worlds; group experience normalises the situation and the additional one on one support ensures that individual needs are met. Workshops cover Career Evaluation and Decision Making, CV Writing, Creating an Effective Job Search, and Interview Skills.

Resilience Workshops and Individual Coaching

After organisational change those who say on usually have shifted their views on the organisation and their relationship to it. Alliance partner Gerri Power helps teams and individuals to identify the internal power of resilience which shifts their reliance on the external structures or security to an internal self assurance and taking personal responsibility.

Career Management and Career Development

For a workforce to enjoy full engagement of their employees people need to be well aligned and motivated by what they do and intentional about their own development. A Career Management programme evaluates strengths, areas for development, values alignment and interests and aspirations to clarify career direction, goals and objectives.

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