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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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October 2009
Coaching - the new Outplacement

How do you bring dinosaurs back to life in a recession?
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July 2009
OUTPLACEMENT

A Confidence Trick?
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July 2008
Introducing
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Right people, right fit?
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Now I know I’m no George Clooney – but …..
Hurrah for the corporate assassin – HR is famous at last
 
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.
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’.
Remember:
  • He’s probably better looking than you (sorry) and can get away with it – because? - It’s a film!
  • It’s set in a US context and we are much nicer here – aren’t we?
  • We have many more legal constraints which we may try to circumvent, but can’t ignore
  • ‘Upbeat’ doesn’t necessarily work in a recession ....
Nonetheless, it may be possible to be more like Mr. Clooney if you aspire to his apparently real persona of someone who cares.
So 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.
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.

For more information on this and other talentflow® services, please contact Tim Hurst, HBS,
email: ti
m@hbs-mc.co.uk, t: 0207 3775225, or visit our web site: www.talentflow.co.uk


I look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes

Tim Hurst
 
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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