How businesses handle redundancies is a leadership choice, now is the time to show your true values
Businesses notoriously don't handle redundancies well. After the tough decisions of having to reshape, rethink, redirect resources, they think their work is done. But that’s just where it starts. When the news breaks its not just a communication team’s issue. It’s a leadership issue, it’s an operations issue, a brand issue, a strategic choice about how redundancies are handled, and the impact on future success. Now is the time for business to show their true values.
Forget CV writing, prioritise being kind to yourself when you lose your job
Give yourself a break. Take off the pressure. Panic won’t speed up the process of getting another job, if anything it will slow you down and get in your way. Be kind to yourself. When you get made redundant you might jump straight into writing your CV, searching for jobs that match your previous job title, writing applications, but there are so many others things you should be focusing on. You aren't just getting a job. You are dealing with shock, you have to give yourself time to digest and reflect, you are dealing with yourself and yourself can be brutally unkind.
When one door closes... the space in-between
You have to work, slowly but surely, on your mind chatter. Each day moving yourself into a space of control and optimism, curiosity and open mindedness. Let go of things that aren’t helping you move on, and create room for good stuff to come in. The space in-between can be a challenge of emotions but you can make in a space of discovery. Keep an open mind, remain hopeful, be optimistic. A door maybe closing for you, but if you give yourself space to think, allow ideas to roam, could it be, could it possibly be, a good thing could come out of this for you.
Sometimes it is just about money, and that's ok
It’s not always about running down a beach living your dream job. Sometimes your priorities are driven by Life. As long as you know your why, and you know life is always work in progress you are doing ok.
Why leaving your 9 to 5 might not be the answer
Before you ditch your 9 to 5 take time to think about what it is that’s making you feel stuck. While you are in the great place of earning money while you think about it, you can afford the time to thinker deeper about causes, the role you play in your what you are feeling, and be clearer on what you want to happen next.
How entrepreneurial thinking can help you in everyday life
Being an entrepreneur is much more than a grand title. It’s an attitude and a way that things get done. And that attitude and approach can be used in everyday life. Entrepreneurial thinking isn’t exclusive for the 5% super successful in this world, it’s an attitude that anyone can adopt to make life a bit better.
To Debenham's employees... have hope, this could be the start of something good
What happens when your company goes out of business? You start the job hunt. You sign on at the local job centre and get recommendations for hotel and restaurant work. There are jobs out there, your skill is needed. But what if there were even more options, in fact options that might change your life and the way you work?
At what point are you allowed to celebrate?
I’ve been working on my new business for months now… probably years if you include the first ideas and experiments! In the last few weeks I have spent every day developing the product. I hesitated getting started at first. What if it’s nonsense. What if it doesn’t work. But after reading a lot of books, following a lot of entrepreneurs on Instagram, it was time to ‘stop talking, start doing’ as Shaa Wasmund would say.