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Life after layoff; a marketer’s plan.
When the ax falls you need to keep your wits. Marketing people should be better equipped to bounce back by using skills they already possess. The point of this brief article is that instead of turning to HR for guidance, marketers should utilize their promotional know-how to overcome the debilitating blow of a layoff.

Downsizing Dynamics
When companies are forced to downsize, it is an unpleasant time for everyone. Unfortunately many organizations make the process much worse than necessary. This article explores the problems and gives an antidote.

Merger Downsizing

The following example shows how downsizing after a merger can become a huge morale problem for the surviving organization as well as the organization being taken over. Most mergers are done to improve economies of scale and reduce costs by combining similar functions in the two previously independent organizations. This is a tempting ploy when looking at how an organization can survive the increasingly competitive world market. Beware!

Surviving the Reduction in Force
A change in career status is a major life transition and it naturally brings with it many conflicting emotions. When an individual faces a period of unemployment, whether it is due to reorganization, downsizing in a tough economic environment, mergers and acquisitions, a performance issue or even a retirement, he or she is likely to experience many strong feelings.

How to Keep a Positive and Profitable Attitude
Our country has been hit hard by economic challenges, acts of terrorism, and constant downsizing. Situations like this can cause us to adopt a less than empowering attitude. The good news is, there are specific things that we can do to keep a positive and profitable attitude that will benefit us and others in measurable ways, no matter how confusing or challenging times may become.

What are the Top 5 Reasons People Quit their Jobs?
Find out the top 5 reasons why employees quit their jobs. You may be surprised to see what is at the top of the list!

Brokering Broadband: How Matthews Achieved Serial Success
A journalist once suggested to Mathews, “The standard wisdom is that Canadians are more risk-averse than Americans and therefore less aggressive.” Matthews’ response? “Okay, so I suggest you write some articles to stay that’s bullshit. Canadians need to just get on with it.”

What Is Guerrilla Marketing?
The first Guerrilla Marketing book was published by Houghton Mifflin in l984. Today there are 35 volumes in 41 languages, and more than 14 million copies have been sold worldwide. The book is required reading in many MBA programs throughout the world. The author taught the topic at the University of California, Berkeley Extension Division. He lectures on it worldwide.

Responding

When you respond to life, that's positive; when you react to life, that's negative. Example: you get sick and go to the doctor. Chances are good that after an examination he or she would give you a prescription with instructions to return in several days. When you walk back in if the doctor starts shaking his head and says, "It looks like your body is reacting to the medicine, we're going to have to change it," you probably would get a little nervous. However, if the doctor smiled and said, "You're looking great! Your body is responding to the medication," you would get excited and feel much better. Yes, responding to life is good. Reacting to the incidents of life is negative - and that's bad. The next example validates that fact.

The Truth About How to Avoid Being Laid Off
No matter how well your firm is doing, or whether it has downsized before, this current recession means that all jobs are at risk. The most successful people thrive in downsized organizations. Here are 4 key ways to reduce your risk of being laid off – and also how to cope if you do experience a layoff.

How to Thrive on Change in the 21st Century

People love change and they hate change. They want to see the models of the new automobiles for the next year, but they hate the fact that they have to change their area code on their telephone number (and everything else that has their telephone number on it). They love the fact that their new cellular telephone has the latest upgrades on it, but they dislike the chore of having to sort through their trash and put recyclables in a separate container. They like the idea of ATM machines but fear the loss of their job due to a downsizing of their company. Learn the 4 A's in dealing with change and learn how to use it to your advantage.

Business Opportunity: 7 Success Strategies

Business opportunity online is attracting entrepreneurs who are looking for alternate ways to create an income. Economic recessions are the breeding ground for entrepreneurs. When employees find their jobs are threatened by downsizing, layoffs or closures, they look for alternate income sources. There are many parallels between traditional business and online business. There are also some very real differences and some business strategies are adapted to online promotions. Online marketing is generally a fraction of the cost of traditional marketing. Many of the techniques and strategies can be learned and implemented by anyone which further reduces costs. Taking control of their financial potential is achievable with a home business opportunity.

Business Opportunity Flourishes In Recession

Business Opportunity flourishes during recessionary times. Faced with layoffs, downsizing and closures, affected employees look for alternate ways of earning income. Traditional jobs are few and far between and when a job opening is advertised, competition is fierce. Starting a business opportunity should not be taken lightly. Building a business requires dedication, consistency and time. Internet business is often taken for granted and people form fantasies about the possibilities. Unrealistic expectations are the biggest challenges that any new business builder will face. Entrepreneurial spirit is kindled when options are scarce and people turn to the Internet and home business opportunity.

Merger Miseries One

Most companies I work with are going through or have recently gone through some sort of restructuring, merger, acquisition, or other major discontinuity. Also, units within organizations are frequently merging and changing structure. I observe incredible stress and anxiety when groups are trying to accomplish these changes. It is common knowledge that the process of assimilating a merger is much longer and more painful than most CEOs recognize going in. I have several observations and theories about why that is and ways to approach the merging of two cultures that might prevent some pain for many organizations. This article is the first in a series.

The Unemployed You: Battling Through the Waiting Game (Part One)
While my boss was telling me that I was his go-to person, he was also informing me that my position was being downsized. It struck me as funny because my immediate thought was…the go-to person is GONE?

Merger Miseries 5 Mini Mergers
Every day we read and hear about the mergers or acquisitions going on between the behemoth companies. They show up on the international radar due to their size and impact. Less visible, but equally impactful in the aggregate, are the hundreds of thousands of small restructurings that go on within organizations every day. This article discusses the smaller mergers and their impact.

The Unemployed You: Battling Through the Waiting Game (Part Two)

No matter how optimistic you are, the longer you are unemployed the greater chance you will run into frustrations, insecurities, disappointments and self-doubt. Since this is part of the journey, the challenge is deciding how much of it to keep on your drive. If you aren’t seeing progress, you may need to change lanes, especially when the familiar lanes aren’t taking you where you need to go. To me a career, like life, isn’t a straight path. It will include detours, exits and hard choices, and sometimes you have to back up to move forward. Suddenly losing your job is a change that can make you feel incomplete, but so does working in a job that isn’t fulfilling. So what do you do in either case? Wait for something to change or change you?

Life Before Downsizing: Six Secrets to Managing Change and Creating Opportunities for the Future
The same types of changes are happening in the workplace. This is no longer the world of working twenty years for the same company. Organizations are adapting to the local, national, and global marketplaces. How do you prepare yourself for these changes? The following techniques will enable you to master career change and create opportunities for you.

Five Leadership Secrets for Challenging Times

We consistently face new and ever growing challenges in the workplace such as reorganizing, downsizing, and “left out sizing.” We are faced with the question, “How do we lead in this storm of change?” It may seem difficult at times and the decisions we make define our short-term and long- term outcomes. I will share with you five leadership techniques guaranteed to keep you on track during these difficult times.

Finding the Right Fit: A Leadership Selection Model for the Redesigned Organization
Over the past several years, companies across every industry have sought ways to improve profitability and service while decreasing costs. As labor expenses usually account for the single largest segment of the company's budget, downsizings are one of the first options that senior executives consider when trying to cut costs. By Kenneth R. Cohen, Ph.D.

Optimism, Resilience and Leadership
Leadership, resilience and optimism are major characteristics necessary to transcend to levels that are futuristically rewarding personally, professionally, and globally.

Owning Your Career
When it comes to career progression, you have to own your own career development and progression. This article gives practical advise on taking charge of your career.

Career Messaging: Are you missing them?
Sometimes lessons knock softly and sometimes they break down the door. But in either case, you should ask yourself, what are your results honestly telling you?

Who is On The Bus After a Merger
If you have ever been through a merger, acquisition, or even just an internal restructuring, you know it is a tense time for most people. One topic that fills the airwaves is who is going to survive and who will be let go. This article gives three tips for how managers can keep the right talent in the organization.

Missing Out on the JB Hifi Store Manager Job Became an Amazing Opportunity
If you are in the retail industry and you are either in a position which feels a bit insecure or you are trying to step up to the next level, you should hear my story first. This is my story on how missing out on a retail manager job started a process which led to the biggest opportunity of my life.

What you need to know about starting home business.
Why start a home based business? Job security, time freedom, write your own paycheck, Set your own working hours, no layoffs and no downsizing to name a few. Of course, if it was that easy everyone would be quitting their current jobs to start a home based business.

Baby Boomers: Work From Home

Have you ever questioned why there are so many Baby Boomers? I mean, what was going on about nine months before we all got born? Even more important, what's happening to us today? Also, have you thought about retiring? Yeah, Right! In today's economy, are you kidding? We're probably in another "great" depression, but government "reports" won't come out in time to help us decide. So let's call whatever's happening an extended recession. Okay? Back to your retirement plans. With government spending totally out of control, and all the corporate failures and downsizing, can you even be sure you'll keep the job you have?

Franchising And the Art of Selling Change

I recently got onto a plane, settled in with my computer case at hand, my ipod Touch at the ready - my Bose headset set up and my computer in my pre-planned position to swipe it out of said aforementioned case. Then came the flight attendant. He looked at me, grinned and asked if I would "be so kind" to switch seats with a husband who was needed by his wife so the two of them could keep their baby from exploding onto the passengers in and around where she was currently seated. Now, here I am. I am comfortable. I have perfected my environment. And this clown disrupts my mental zen. Further it will require some deliberate focus and nurturing to get me back on track once I have settled into my new digs.

Sales Tip: How To Research Your Market to be A Sales Expert
This fantastic free tool will give you the tools to be seen as the goto sales expert in your Industry. Read the afrticle to find out more...

Best Internet Network Marketing Training System the Secret in Tough Times

I was at the beach last weekend and while I was sitting on my balcony, I could see some kids building a huge sand castle near the water. It was obvious they had spent hours on it. Soon after they had finished, the tide came in and washed the whole thing back out to sea. They all just stood there helplessly watching with looks of disappointment on their faces. Many retirees face the same frustrations as there futures have been swept away as well...

Seven Steps To Downsizing

If you're like other companies that are scrambling to stay afloat in this economy, you might be considering downsizing. Letting someone go is always a difficult decision, so make sure you are acting rationally and intelligently when you're forced to downsize. Layoffs create risks for businesses. Employees may view a lawsuit as a way to minimize the impact on their personal finances. The savings you'll generate on your payroll and benefits costs may be negated by legal costs. Follow these guidelines to make sound decisions and avoid the costs of litigation.

Sales Management Training and Focus
In a strong economy just showing up to play is enough to achieve your sales objectives. In today’s economic environment sales leaders are facing sales force downsizing and poor sales rep morale. Sales reps are frustrated by longer sales cycles, dropping demand, unrealistic quotas, concerns about declining income and losing their jobs.

How Focus Helps Sales Management Effectiveness
In a strong economy just showing up to play is enough to achieve your sales objectives. In today’s economic environment sales leaders are facing sales force downsizing and poor sales rep morale. Sales reps are frustrated by longer sales cycles, dropping demand, unrealistic quotas, concerns about declining income and losing their jobs.

The Only Steps You Need To Get Your Dream Job
With outsourcing, downsizing and plant shutdowns increasing, more and more people are finding themselves competing with youthful college graduates as well as their friends for the ever-shrinking supply of desirable jobs. Who do you think gets the best job?

Home Based Business Fills the Gap in Canadian Recession

Home based business fill in the gap left by job insecurity during Canada's newest economic recession. Canadians have not suffered the job losses that workers in the USA are facing. Finding a job in Canada is far more difficult as companies look at cost saving and trimming expenses. Up to 31% of the workforce believes that either they, or someone they know, will be laid off in the coming months. Job security all but disappeared in Canada after the last recession in 1991. Employers wary of unpredictable economic conditions started outsourcing and contracting as many jobs as possible to trim costs. In the blink of an eye, the perception of job security was revealed as a very weak concept. Entrepreneurship is growing as more people prepare to start a home based business.

Home Based Business Positioned To Beat The Recession

Home based business online is one of the most cost effective ways for entrepreneurs to beat the recession. The entrepreneurial spirit is kindled by necessity when economic instability threatens jobs. Making plans before the layoffs of downsizing happens is a viable possibility when you are looking at home based business online. The truth is that many home based business owners will fail to create the income that they expect. The fault does not lie with the opportunity, but rather with the person who owns it. Most people are unprepared to build a home based business.

Differentiating Between Price and Value
This is a story on how Fran McElroy succeeded in getting a client and getting paid what she deserves to get.

Downsizing with dignity
"You're fired!", Donald Trump's once popular catch phrase has become a living reality as our country enters the most difficult time we have experienced in decades. Company financials are hemorrhaging, prompting decisions by managers to slash expenses and reduce headcount by downsizing, right-sizing or in simple terms just cutting staff.

Recession-Proof your Career (Part I of II)
Have you taken the necessary steps to recession-proof your career in today's job market?

Today's Economy DEMANDS A Critical Skill: Optimism
Although there is much to fear right now there is always hope and optimism. Let Eileen McDargh show you how you can learn optimism.

Every House on the Real Estate Market is Not in Foreclosure
Home staging expert, Staging Diva, busts the common myth that most homes on the real estate market right now are in foreclosure.

Prepared to Succeed
Opportunities are often what we define them to be. Mike McGrail didn't go to church to find a client; he went because he always did. A business plan is useful, but if it's too restrictive, it can blind you to opportunities that you're well equipped to realize.

How to Hire a Motivational Speaker to Increase Employee Performance and Productivity

One of the best things any company can do to impact their bottom line, especially during tough economic times, is to bring in a professional speaker or coach to work with your staff. Offering a seminar to your employees can go a long way toward increasing productivity, sales and overall performance. In the past, companies invested in new and better equipment in order to be competitive and gain an edge in the marketplace. Today, your people are your most valuable asset, so an investment in upgrading their performance is a prudent move, one that will pay for itself many times over.

The New Dance
Poor Pluto. Stripped of its planetary status by the International Astronomical Union and reclassified as a "dwarf planet," two years ago, Pluto's demotion heralds new rules for planet classification. Debate by renowned astronomers from seventy-five countries culminated in the decision to reduce the number of planets to eight "classic" ones.

Ethical Leadership A Must for Customer Loyalty
Customer loyalty starts with the executive leadership. Yet, there appears to be an ethical leadership gap between the executives and everyone else in many organizations. Learn about one of these gaps.

The Many Benefits Of Working From Home

A new breed of entrepreneurs was born with the coming of the personal computer in the early eighties. They do not travel to an office for work, do not dress in business attire, nor follow the 9 to 5 routine. They are the home based workers. With the rapid progress in the fields of computer science, telecommunication, and internet, the number of these home based workers have been growing with each day.

Circle of Influence vs Circle of Concern
It's entirely too easy to become overwhelmed by the world's problems. If we don't pay attention to our circle of influence, we may allow ourselves to become wholly ineffective.

THE MARKET SHIFT -- IN A HURRICANE, EVEN TURKEYS FLY
As the world moves into a difficult financial environment it may not be the best time to start a business or to branch into new markets. Or is it? It takes talent, conviction, determination and strong self assurance.

Protecting the Military
James Dicks examines the problems the military is having with the current job market in the U.S.

Intelligent Optimism Wins In Today's World
Learn to be more optimistic despite the constant bombardment of negative news and the erosion of our culture.

Downsizing - Some best practices
No-one likes to have to let people go - but once the decision is made, there are certain steps that have been found to ease the transition for staff.

Back to School, Part 1/3: Working and Learning – Can They Be Balanced?
How can work and school be balanced? Does the organization gain any benefits from employee’s continuing education? Can an organization assist their employees? If so, then how? If you and your organization find yourselves asking these questions, then this article is for you. Just the first part of a three part series regarding going to school while having a career.

The Role of HR in Mergers
One of the benefits of any merger is the ability to reduce headcount in redundant staff functions. I believe it is a mistake to reduce HR staff during the process. In addition to their traditional functions in the steady state organization, there are numerous critical functions that must be handled well for the merged organization to survive.

What are Some Best Practices in the Area of Sabbatical Leave
Debating on whether or not you should implement that sabbatical leave practice? There are ways to use this sometimes forgotten policy and to use it well.

Franchising: Give Yourself a Chance

Everyone wants to be there own boss. The desire runs deep in America and with big business downsizing and outsourcing and sending jobs overseas, the demand for top franchises and business opportunities is only going to increase. These aspiring entrepreneurs, in all likelihood, have never owned a business and as a result look to franchises with a proven business model as a possible alternative to starting a business on there own.

Downsizing Mistakes
When organizations need to downsize, it is not a fun time for anyone. There are so many ways to do it poorly, and they detract from critical objectives. While there is no magic wand to make downsizing activities happy times, I believe the behavior of higher transparency is one best practice that should be used more often.

How to Make the Most of Being Let Go.
For many people, the fear and worry of losing their job is a huge blow to them. Yet more and more people are seeing such a challenge more as the kick in the but they needed, to enable them to achieve much more from their life than they ever thought possible. Even better...they not only grasp the opportunity, but they enjoy life much, much more.

Handling Layoffs
The economic times have been pretty harsh for many companies. Many of those have considered laying off some staff. Here are 8 top tips for handling layoffs and handling them well!

The River of Change
When change flows like a river into your life you can either go with the flow or slowly sink...

Why Big Business Should Embrace Virtual Assistance
As Virtual Assistants (VAs), we focus on providing small business owners and solo entrepreneurs with expert administrative support as an alternative to them hiring temporary or part-time employees. The benefits of working with VAs for these businesses are many and are much more than simply a matter of cost. But, doesn’t this also hold true for larger companies?

Stupid or Brilliant
Sometimes when we extend trust to other people there may be a high risk that they will take advantage of us. For example, if I trust you to watch my laptop at the airport gate while I go to the bathroom, there is a chance both you and the laptop will be gone when I return. I believe when we extend trust to other people, they usually prove to be worthy of that trust.

Is Redundancy a Risk
Companies often re-evaluate their business structure, downsizing and streamlining to make cost savings. The bi-product of these corporate decisions can often unfortunately be redundancies.

Hope For The Jobless: How One Woman Turned Getting Laid Off Into More Than Just a Blessing in Disguise!
Recession, Job Cuts, Downsizing, Outsourcing...These are all words that we dread, they were the Buzz Words of 2008! Ask the voters in Michigan...they know a thing or two...and yet they could very well the best word uttered! Gone are the days of working for the same company, great pension at the end of it all. But this is not news! I didn't expect to be out of a job!

How Downsizing Damages Trust
How you handle downsizing either reinforces corporate congruency or breaks it along with perceived integrity, reliability and fairness, which in turn damages trust. This article offers two suggestions on how to repair workforce trust and explains the productivity cost of not doing so.

Employee Turnover in the IT Industry
Even as companies institute hiring freezes or are downsizing, they would do well to remember that it is more cost effective in the long run to hold on to employees with key skills.

5 Real Advantages of Home based Business
Even if your idea is to have home based small business, the benefits can be wide and deep. When you watch the news on TV or read the headlines on the newspapers, you would realize that more and more corporate are downsizing or even closing due to bankruptcy.

Avoiding Organizational Bloat
The maddening cycle of excess hiring and downsizing is limiting growth and long-term success. Not just for the companies involved, but for the global economy in which all of us operate. Learn how to end this counter-productive cycle.

Leverage! 4 Ways to Become an Effective Presenter
Fed up with cut backs and downsizing messing with your plans for a great year? If you're looking for new ideas to get more customers, don't let little things like no money and no staff get in your way of giving effective presentations.

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