Post by Lindsay Rachow on Mar 9, 2016 20:36:04 GMT
Worksheet #1
DELIVERING THE NEWS
You are in charge of one of the practice areas at Fedcap. Even though performance has been stellar, your division just lost a large contract due to government spending cuts. This will result in the need to realign some job descriptions and responsibilities. You hope to avoid layoffs by making these adjustments and cutting expenses in other places but laying off some staff may be inevitable. You have to share this news with the employees as you’ve just learned it will be announced publicly in a day or so. Even though you haven’t had a chance to walk through the possibilities or figure out a plan you need this information to be heard from you and not someone on the outside.
Craft your message:
Throughout this past year everyone’s performance has been on point and exceptional. You all have dedicated many hours to your position to make this a successful clinic. As you are aware, we have been working with Large Contract A for a few years now. They have provided us with excellent service and helped to expand our program. Due to governmental changes, we need to discontinue this contract with Large Contract A. As an organization, we realized the benefit of this contract, however, it also was a large expense. We decided this would be the most strategic forfeiture due to these changes. We are aware that this may cause some positions to tackle some of the responsibilities that Large Contract A assisted us with. We will discuss this further and I will meet with various people to discuss this on a personal level. As a team I know that we can get thru this and continue our good work for our community.
Share how you will deliver this message and why you chose this method:
I will deliver this message as a group, calling a meeting together. I would then go to each employee – unless it impacted a whole department, and inform them of any realigned job responsibilities. I think this is the best method, whenever possible, as people’s jobs are their livelihood. Making an effort to personalize the discussion affects employee morale and overall their productivity.
DELIVERING THE NEWS
You are in charge of one of the practice areas at Fedcap. Even though performance has been stellar, your division just lost a large contract due to government spending cuts. This will result in the need to realign some job descriptions and responsibilities. You hope to avoid layoffs by making these adjustments and cutting expenses in other places but laying off some staff may be inevitable. You have to share this news with the employees as you’ve just learned it will be announced publicly in a day or so. Even though you haven’t had a chance to walk through the possibilities or figure out a plan you need this information to be heard from you and not someone on the outside.
Craft your message:
Throughout this past year everyone’s performance has been on point and exceptional. You all have dedicated many hours to your position to make this a successful clinic. As you are aware, we have been working with Large Contract A for a few years now. They have provided us with excellent service and helped to expand our program. Due to governmental changes, we need to discontinue this contract with Large Contract A. As an organization, we realized the benefit of this contract, however, it also was a large expense. We decided this would be the most strategic forfeiture due to these changes. We are aware that this may cause some positions to tackle some of the responsibilities that Large Contract A assisted us with. We will discuss this further and I will meet with various people to discuss this on a personal level. As a team I know that we can get thru this and continue our good work for our community.
Share how you will deliver this message and why you chose this method:
I will deliver this message as a group, calling a meeting together. I would then go to each employee – unless it impacted a whole department, and inform them of any realigned job responsibilities. I think this is the best method, whenever possible, as people’s jobs are their livelihood. Making an effort to personalize the discussion affects employee morale and overall their productivity.