Streamline Your Workforce During a Pandemic
Reduced infection rates in compromised areas are providing hope that these difficult times will pass. However, organizations are facing harsh realities in real time. With significant reductions in revenue, employers are facing pressure to quickly implement cost-cutting strategies, resulting in mass layoffs of valuable employees.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
Employees are an organization’s greatest asset. When faced with cost-cutting pressures, look for redeployment opportunities that use talent as a resource to get through hard times before resorting to difficult layoff decisions.
Impact and Result
Make the most of your workforce in this unprecedented situation by following McLean & Company’s process to initiate redeployment efforts and reduce costs. If all else fails, follow our guidance on planning for layoffs and considerations when doing so.
Streamline Your Workforce During a Pandemic Research & Tools
Besides the small introduction, subscribers and consulting clients within this management domain have access to:
1. Meet with leadership
Set a strategy with senior leadership, brainstorm underused and understaffed employee segments and departments, then determine an approach to redeployments and layoffs.
- Streamline Your Workforce During a Pandemic Storyboard
- Redeployment and Layoff Strategy Workbook
2. Plan individual and department redeployment
Collect key information, prepare and redeploy, and roll up information across the organization.
- Short-Term Survival Segment Evaluation Tool
- Skills Inventory for Redeployment Tool
- Redeployment Action and Communication Plan
- Crisis Communication Guide for HR
- Crisis Communication Guide for Leaders
- Leadership Crisis Communication Guide Template
- 3i's of Engaging Management – Manager Guide
- Feedback and Coaching Guide for Managers
- Redeployment Communication Roll-up Template
3. Plan individual and department layoffs
Plan for layoffs, execute on the layoff plan, and communicate to employees.
- Employee Departure Checklist Tool
- 10 Communication Best Practices in the Face of Crisis
- Termination Logistics Tool
- Termination Costing Tool
- COVID-19: Employee-Facing Frequently Asked Questions Template
- COVID-19: Employee-Facing Frequently Asked Questions
- Standard Internal Communications Plan
4. Monitor and manage departmental effectiveness
Monitor departmental performance, review organizational performance, and determine next steps.
- HR Metrics Library
- Standard HR Scorecard