The coronavirus pandemic is likely to result in deep and long-lasting damage to the job market, and the associated stress and sadness managers will surely feel if large numbers of workers need to be let go. If you’re a manager and layoffs are inevitable, how do you handle feelings of guilt and sadness? How should you deliver the news when you can’t meet face-to-face? What should you say to staff that remains, and how do you manage fears about your own future?
This article in the Harvard Business Review shares advice from experts, recommendations on how best to be there for employees during these difficult circumstances, principles to remember, and overviews of two case studies based on the experiences of two leaders who’ve been there.
