Restructuring & Transitions
When a group leaves at once they are all dealing with the same shock on the same morning. A group transition workshop puts them in a room with a senior person who explains what happens now, how a real job search works, and answers the questions they will not ask in front of HR.
Why it matters
The gap between the notification and the first piece of real help is the window where resentment sets in. If the only thing someone receives that day is a folder and a URL, the message they take away is that the company outsourced their goodbye.
A group session changes that, and not mainly because of the content. It is because everyone in the room can see they are not alone, that a senior person turned up in person, and that there is a plan starting today rather than whenever they get round to logging in.
What we cover
How it fits
Everyone leaves with something done rather than something to read. That first hour is the difference between a search that starts this week and one that starts in March.
People take it better together. The room does something an inbox cannot, and it takes the edge off the isolation that follows a reduction.
Blending a group session with private one-to-one coaching is how support stays personal for fifty people without the cost becoming unserious.
How it runs
Half a day for most groups, on site or virtual. It works from about eight people upward, and larger reductions get split into cohorts so it stays a conversation rather than a presentation. $2,500 for the session regardless of how many people attend.
It is not included in Standby, because it only makes sense above a certain size. If you are running a reduction large enough to need it, the pricing calculator will show you the whole picture.
Practicalities
Questions
A facilitated session for everyone leaving at once. We cover what happens next, how to run a real job search, resumes and LinkedIn, and the practical questions people will not ask in front of HR. It runs on or near the notification day.
Outplacement is one-to-one support that runs for weeks or months. The workshop is a single group session that gets everyone moving on day one. Most reductions use both: the workshop for momentum and shared ground, private coaching for the individual work.
It works from about eight people upward. Larger groups we split into cohorts so it stays a conversation rather than a lecture.
$2,500 for the session, regardless of headcount. It is not included in Standby, since it only applies to larger reductions.
More than you would expect, and more if their manager says plainly that it is for them and that attending is not a sign of weakness. We will tell you how to introduce it.
Yes, and for distributed sites that is usually better than asking people to travel. On site works well when the group all worked in one building.
Some will be, and the room is better for it than an inbox. A group session gives anger somewhere to go that is not a lawyer, and people calm faster when they can see they are not alone.
Related services
Preparing the supervisors delivering the news, before the workshop happens.
Manager Notification Training →Planning and running the whole reduction, with the workshop as one piece.
Layoff & RIF Support →Day one matters.
Tell us the headcount, the site and the date, and we will scope the session and a fixed fee.
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