Redundancy is a complex and time consuming business process requiring expert knowledge and skills in order to ensure legal compliance and minimise the risk of litigation. It inevitably has a significant impact on the mental health and wellbeing of all those involved.
With the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (or Furlough Scheme) coming to an end and major change programmes being planned in many organisations, EG Advisory and InvestPsych by Kalmaer have collaborated in order to bring their expertise together to provide holistic training in this sensitive area. It’s our view that how people are supported during difficult times is as important as getting the process right. Business leaders often feel overwhelmed not just by the complexity of major change initiatives, but also the emotional effect on themselves and those they are responsible for. Too often the focus is on the process and structure of change management with inadequate, or even no, attention given to the human side which can result in even the best-laid plans coming unraveled. Research shows that a consideration of the psychological impacts of change is key to maintaining engagement and reducing the risk of costs associated with stress. Our training offers practical psychological tools to assist participants to maintain wellbeing during periods of adversity and change.
The training will ensure that key stakeholder groups have the necessary knowledge to fulfil their roles in the redundancy process and understand the potential psychological and emotional impact, alongside tools to help them manage their mental health and well-being.
Training outline: Leadership, management and HR
The practical learning on this one day course covers:
- What is redundancy?
- The legal framework
- Ambiguous leadership
- Participants’ roles
- Pooling and selection
- Preparing for consultation
- Timetable
- Communication
The psychological learning covers:
- What is compassion?
- The business case for compassion
- Three systems model for compassion
- Identifying thoughts, emotions and behaviours associated with delivering a redundancy process
- Unhelpful thinking styles
- Reframing unhelpful thoughts
- Four steps to compassion for others
- Effective communication skills to deliver negative news
- Managing challenging behaviour
- Personal resilience planning
- Self-care
Too often the employee representatives are not adequately supported so EG Advisory and InvestPsych by Kalmaer have also devleoped traning specifically aimed at their needs.
Training outline: employee representatives
The practical learning on this one day course covers:
- What is redundancy?
- The legal framework
- Participants’ roles
- Supporting your constituents
- Pooling and selection
- Preparing for consultation
- Timetable
- Communication
The psychological learning covers:
- Understanding stress and the body
- Understanding CBT
- Thoughts, emotions and behaviours associated with your role in the redundancy process
- Managing unhelpful thinking styles
- Managing emotional and physiological consequences of stress
- Managing behavioural consequences of stress
- Managing challenging behaviour during redundancy
- Developing a personal stress management and resilience plan
The team
We understand the importance of having deep subject-matter expertise and for that reason, the practical learning is delivered by our Principal Consultant, Euan Graham with the psychological elements delivered by Carl Rees, Consulting Director at InvestPsych by Kalmaer.
Euan has over 18 years’ experience in industrial and employee relations, and the wider HR generalist portfolio gained in a variety of sectors. His main area of interest and expertise is in employee relations, having led major change initiatives in both unionised and non-unionised environments including large scale redundancy programmes and transfers of undertakings (TUPE). Alongside compliance with the legal requirements and directly supporting consultation, Euan is equally focused on the people impacts of organisational change initiatives so that even in difficult circumstances, employee engagement and the employer’s reputation is at the forefront. Euan is a chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development and has a post-graduate qualification in Leadership & Management from Greenwich University.
Carl has many years of experience in the treatment of a wide range of complex psychological difficulties using CBT and has worked in a variety of settings, including prisons and GP surgeries. He has over seventeen years clinical experience of the psychological health sector including team leadership, performance improvement and training. Carl is an accredited Advanced Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist and experienced clinical supervisor, and has also undertaken further specialist training in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR).
Want to know more?
Please contact us via the website or call 07734 346912. We’d be pleased to talk to you about your specific needs and how we can provide similar learning to cover other critical change programmes such as TUPE.