Retrenchment Rescue

Scenario A: Retrenchment Rescue

Changing Lanes identified a gap in the market that when businesses are embarking on a retrenchment process, there is an aspect of reputational damage that needs to be considered.

As a business in this situation, you have had to make some difficult decisions. It is understandable that some of your concerns, alongside the financial ones, will be about the employees that you need to let go of, as well as negative perceptions in the marketplace.

What we are offering you, is a chance to improve your retrenchment packages. You can gift your retrenched employees with a Changing Lanes Consultancy package as part of their settlement.

Changing Lanes is a boutique and bespoke Retrenchment Rescue and HR Consultancy.

We are a Team of highly skilled HR Professionals who provide Retrenchment Rescue packages, as part of our service offering.

What is our purpose?

Our main objective is two-fold.

We strive to preserve your business ethos, whilst maintaining your reputation in the marketplace.
To take the sting out of retrenchments for the Retrenchees, during the process.

How do we do this?

We do this by providing a Changing Lanes Retrenchment Rescue package.

These packages consist of one-on-one counseling and career coaching sessions as well as CV writing and goal setting for the way forward. Ideally, where possible, we may place people in new positions.

Whilst working with the Retrenchees, we will unpack and reason through feelings of negativity, helplessness and anger. We will endeavour to restore ethical perceptions of the company.

Let us care for your people by allowing us to put the personal touch back into the retrenchment process and get them back on track.

Our benefit to your retrenched employees is that we will listen, advise and provide guidance for them to make the right choices for their future careers.

Our benefits to you, the Company, is that even under these unpleasant circumstances you are still taking care of your people as well as avoiding some possible legal actions and reputational damage.

In addition to this, we also assist with the remaining workforce to restore harmony to the workplace (refer to Scenario B: The aftermath…reputational damage control…).

Scenario B: The aftermath… reputational damage control

In this scenario, Changing Lanes Consultancy will focus on resettling your remaining workforce into a positive frame of mind. We will refocus teams to enable them to positively move forward and achieve their goals in a cohesive manner.

Research has shown that once the affected staff have exited, the remaining workforce who have not been directly affected may still be left with a variety of negative, unsettling feelings and vulnerabilities for various reasons.

It is found that people are often left feeling out of control, insecure and untrusting. This happens as a result of them possibly taking on more responsibilities and potential role changes, as well as when transparent communication has not taken place effectively, as to how the company is moving forward.

Other feelings include guilt, for retaining their jobs, or anger as people may have been emotionally connected to staff members who have been retrenched and feel that they are being disloyal. Perceptions of being treated unfairly, real or perceived, may be growing and often spills over into the remaining staff creating a disharmonious and destructive working environment.

Reputational damage may occur when the retrenchment process has been concluded, however sensitively it was handled.

What is our purpose?

Our purpose is to rebuild a cohesive team that operates together with the same vision and values of the organisation.

A team who understands what has taken place and why, as well as what the future plans are.

We try to combat reputational damage by tackling fears, uncertainty and loyalty issues.

How do we do this?

Depending on the size of your business we will facilitate workshops and group coaching sessions. This provides people with an outlet to share their feelings, be heard in a constructive manner and start to move forward in a positive way.

Groups will work on vulnerabilities, re-creating trust, setting goals, establishing responsibilities and realigning with the company values.

For those needing individual attention, we do one-on-one coaching.

When your business has undergone a major disruption, eg strike action, bereavement, pandemic, etc, we will assist you with the realignment of your teams and re-integrating them back into the working environment with a positive outlook.

Owing to the fact that we pride ourselves on being a bespoke and boutique consultancy, we can partner with you to tailor make a package depending on your requirements.

Allow us to assist you in obtaining a mutually beneficial and desirable outcome.

We are good at what we do because we care.