As mentioned in my previous post, my career at T-Mobile (Sprint) has ended. I am not alone, as more than 5,000 people were let go before the elimination of my HR team.

I am also no stranger to layoffs. They have surrounded me for most of my career and are deeply engrained in my psyche. I have experienced these as an employee with people around me being laid off. I have experienced these as a manager when I had to make the difficult choices to reduce my team, and more recently, I have experienced these as an HR Partner consulting with leaders as they lead reductions.

My experience is unique, and I have learned many lessons. I want to help and to share.

Four things to do as you kick off your Journey

Rest

Assess

Plan

Take action

I will break these down in more detail over several posts. For now, here is a video to get things started.