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February
2010
Now I know I’m no George Clooney –
but …
Hurrah for the corporate assassin – HR is famous
at last
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November
2009
Cage Rattler or Smooth Operator?
Update on Psychometric
Testing Services
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News Item here
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October
2009
Coaching - the new Outplacement
How do you bring dinosaurs back to life in a recession?
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| Now
I know I’m no George Clooney – but
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| Hurrah
for the corporate assassin – HR is famous
at last |
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February
2010 |
| Whilst
George, when firing people (sorry – ‘letting
them go’) in his latest film, is apparently
‘smoothly professional and insultingly upbeat
in just the right way’, we are usually happy
if the meeting just goes according to plan and without
tantrums & tears. |
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| So
if you have to ‘let people go’ in 2010
shouldn’t you try to be at least – ‘smoothly
professional’? However If you set one of your
‘SMART’ objectives as ‘to be more
like George Clooney’ you may do so at your peril*
– especially if you are ‘insultingly upbeat’. |
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| Remember: |
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He’s
probably better looking than you (sorry) and can
get away with it – because? - It’s
a film!
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It’s set in a US context and we are much
nicer here – aren’t we?
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We
have many more legal constraints which we may
try to circumvent, but can’t ignore
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‘Upbeat’
doesn’t necessarily work in a recession
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| Nonetheless,
it may be possible to be more like Mr. Clooney if
you aspire to his apparently real persona of someone
who cares. |
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perhaps you and your organisation might like to be
seen as caring, supportive, helpful when handling
difficult people situations, downsizing or otherwise.
It’s not a bad image is it? It may even help
your business in the long run. |
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| Talentflow™
consultants work closely with employers and employees
to deal with redundancies & dismissals, downsizing,
mergers, acquisitions and disposals, whether the need
is to support the Board, Coach the Managers or Career
Coach the leavers. The Talentflow™
approach is bespoke and never remote, focused on both
the business need and the personal dimension. |
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more information on this and other Talentflow™
services, please contact Tim Hurst, HBS,
email: tim@hbs-mc.co.uk,
t: 0207 3775225, or visit our web site: www.talentflow.co.uk |
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look forward to hearing from you.
Best wishes
Tim Hurst |
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PS
*SMART – Smooth Manager at Risk Today
– Please feel free to respond with alternative
definitions.
Up in The Air, starring
George Clooney is on general release in cinemas throughout
the UK, rated by The Sunday Times as a "must
see film" - read more here:
entertainment.timesonline.co.uk
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