Resignation: tragedy or possibility?

It is striking that when hiring employees a lot of attention goes out to the application process. The importance to get the right person for the right job is recognized. However, too often the importance of a resignation process is underestimated. Legal bickering and/or negative, emotional energy can be prevented by coaching employees with care and respect towards their resignation.

As a leader you cannot escape it: within your career, sooner or later you will have to deliver a resignation message because of economical recession or because the person in question is ineffective in their role. Especially now, in times of financial crisis, downsizing and reorganization are taking place within organizations. Healthy leadership implicates a healthy HR-policy with clear procedures. In practical terms this means that as a leader you have thought about a careful and respectful resignation procedure.

How can you develop a procedure that shows care & respect?
5 questions that can help you along:

South Africa

Albert Hoekstra and I are sitting in the ‘Koopmanshuis’ in Stellenbosch (R.S.A.). It is currently about 35 degrees Celsius. So, it is rather warm, especially compared to the minus 18 that is lately turning Europe into a freezer. Which is, by the way, the reason that we found ourselves sitting here. We’ve added an extra day to our amazing and inspiring journey through South Africa. We had to, since nearly no airplanes were able to fly from and to Schiphol (Amsterdam).

Next to learning patience, it means an extra day to think and to evaluate the journey. This was the second xpand visit to South Africa, and a way to discover how we could participate in building this fantastic country. A country of 47 million people, 11 languages, and a long and at times difficult history, great challenges, and amazing people.