Layoffs Can Break Your Culture—or Cement Your Credibility

“We’d already gone through two rounds of layoffs. Morale was shattered, and trust was gone. This session gave us the structure and language we were missing—and helped us do right by our people without losing control of the business.”
— VP of People, Mid-Market Tech Company

Most companies get this wrong.

They move too fast, say too little, and assume the survivors will “just get back to work.”
But layoffs mishandled—even slightly—can cause irreversible damage:

  • High-performers quietly leave.

  • Legal claims start stacking.

  • The trust you’ve built over years evaporates overnight.

  • Your culture becomes cynical, fractured, and afraid.

This webinar is your urgent playbook to stop that from happening.
You will learn how to plan, lead, and communicate layoffs without losing your people—or your integrity.

What You’ll Walk Away With

A step-by-step strategic framework to lead layoffs from planning to execution—no guesswork, no fluff.
Legal and reputational risk factors HR must navigate before the damage is done.
Scripted examples and language for delivering the hardest messages with clarity and strength.
Post-layoff trust repair strategies to re-engage teams and prevent a morale collapse.

If you think the announcement is the hard part—you’re missing the real danger.
The aftermath is where cultures fall apart. We’ll show you how to lead through it.

This Is Not a Time to Improvise

The most dangerous assumption HR can make is that “we’ll figure it out when we get there.”
By then, it’s too late.

This session will help you:

  • Avoid emotional chaos disguised as empathy

  • Prevent culture rot in the aftermath

  • Speak with authority when others go silent

  • Protect the company—and protect your people

If you don’t have a clear plan, the cost is trust. And trust is the only thing that makes people stay.

This Is for You If You Are:

  • Planning or anticipating organizational restructuring

  • In HR, People & Culture, or Talent Leadership

  • Responsible for employee experience during layoffs

  • Facing pressure to reduce headcount without losing top talent

  • Leading a post-layoff team struggling with clarity, fear, or resentment

You’ll Receive:

  • A 90-minute live training with executive-level strategies

  • Layoff sequencing and communication checklist

  • Downloadable trust-repair playbook

  • 30-day access to the webinar replay

  • Immediate, actionable tools to lead now—not later

Reserve Your Spot

Meet Your Facilitator

Jim Woods
CEO, Seattle Consulting Group | Leadership Strategist | Author of HR Unchained™

Jim has helped Fortune 500s, global NGOs, and high-growth startups lead through their toughest moments—from mass layoffs to cultural collapse. He doesn’t teach theory. He equips leaders with clarity, courage, and a tactical plan that works in real-world pressure.

When it’s time to make hard decisions, your team looks to you.

Lead with strength. Speak with clarity.
And leave no doubt that you did this the right way.