3 Ways to Prepare Emotionally and Mentally for Layoffs
Get resources for managing your emotions as you prepare to conduct layoffs. Use our journaling prompts, reflection questions, and mantras to stay grounded.
Managing Uncertainty
Re-Division of Labor Worksheet
This worksheet can help managers adjust roles and restructure the work after layoffs, permanent vacancies, or downsizing.
Layoff Script Sample & Template
This layoff script includes sample language and a template for conducting a clear, compassionate, and human-centered layoff conversation.
Layoffs Toolkit for Leaders
Considering layoffs? Check out this toolkit that includes concrete tools, samples, and templates to help leaders navigate and plan for a layoff process.
Managing When Things Are (Still) Not Okay
This article shares guidance for managing through crises, including ways to ground yourself, support your team, and learn from your experiences. It is an updated version of “How to Manage When Things Are Not Okay (And Haven’t Been For Centuries).”
Post-Election Sample Email
The days following Election Day can be filled with stress and uncertainty. This sample email includes ways you can show up for your team.
Recover & Restore: A Sustainability Worksheet
When it comes to sustainability at work, recovery is just as important as pushing through. Use this worksheet to identify practices in your sphere of control to help you recover and restore.
Sample Email to Staff Announcing Mental Health Day
Sometimes the best thing you can do during hard times is give your team some time off. This sample email turns a planned meeting/retreat into a mental health day.
Backup Planning Tool
When it comes to handling unknowns at work, one concrete step every team member can take is to create a backup plan for who will take over key responsibilities if one or more team members is out. Use our template to start.
Communication Planning Worksheet
In a crisis, a big part of every leader’s job is to provide a container for staff and make sense of what’s happening. Use this worksheet to plan out 5 key components for communicating to your team during tough times.