343: How to rebuild company culture after a massive layoff - with Daniel Stokes

The Simplifiers Podcast

Raise your hand if you’ve been through a layoff. Keep your hand raised if you kept your job through it and are faced with the reality of attempting to rebuild the company culture after a massive layoff. You are what people call a “survivor” and my goodness, that’s a lot of pressure on your shoulders to help the organization recover, eh?

My special guest today is culture lead and event planner, Daniel Stokes and he’s simplifying how to rebuild company culture after a massive layoff. Both Daniel and I have recently been through a layoff at a large organization and we come to the table with practical advice that you can begin to implement at your own company immediately.

Here’s how.

My special guest today is Daniel Stokes and he’s simplifying how to rebuild company culture after a massive layoff. We tackle and simplify all aspects of it, including:

• What the very first step is that your HR or People & Culture team must take immediately after a layoff has been announced at your organization.

• Why he believes that “culture repair is everyone’s job,” and not just the responsibility of HR.

• Let’s face it - Trust is lost after a layoff… He talks about the ways that managers and senior leadership can work together to rebuild that trust with their workforce, one conversation at a time.

• One major mistake that organizations tend to make after announcing a layoff that is a massive blunder.

• How to create a safe space for employee listening (through forums, surveys, town halls), where employee feedback can be captured and then actioned upon.

• …and ultimately, we implore everyone listening to this to consider one simple idea: instead of cutting People & Culture budgets after a layoff, what a better solution would be to improve employee engagement and rebuild company pride.

Q: Are you ready to learn how to rebuild your company’s culture after a layoff? If yes, this one is for you.

It’s time to #DoTheThing!

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