How to survive a corporate shake-up

The first thing to remember: work isn’t your life

Episode 85 of the Working It podcast, hosted by Financial Times, titled "How to survive a corporate shake-up" was published on October 8, 2024 and runs 17 minutes.

October 8, 2024 ·17m · Working It

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Corporate reorganisations can be hugely unsettling for employees, whose working lives can change overnight. What can managers do to make these periods of flux as easy as possible for their charges? Isabel Berwick speaks to work researcher Christine Armstrong, and Andrew Hill, the FT’s senior business writer. They discuss how to get ahead of gossip, why clarity is king when you deliver bad news, and the dirtiest office secret of all: that work isn’t your whole life.Want more? Free links:Silent lay-offs are rarely as quiet as bosses hopeWe’re all busy again’, say UK restructuring expertsThe anatomy of a corporate turnaroundPresented by Isabel Berwick, produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval, mixed by Simon Panayi. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s head of audio.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode Description

Corporate reorganisations can be hugely unsettling for employees, whose working lives can change overnight. What can managers do to make these periods of flux as easy as possible for their charges? Isabel Berwick speaks to work researcher Christine Armstrong, and Andrew Hill, the FT’s senior business writer. They discuss how to get ahead of gossip, why clarity is king when you deliver bad news, and the dirtiest office secret of all: that work isn’t your whole life.

Want more? Free links:

Silent lay-offs are rarely as quiet as bosses hope

We’re all busy again’, say UK restructuring experts

The anatomy of a corporate turnaround

Presented by Isabel Berwick, produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval, mixed by Simon Panayi. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s head of audio.

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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