E055 Managing Redundancy with John Burns

In this episode, we take a deep dive into redundancy, how it feels to be made redundant and what lessons can we take away as leaders, if we ever have to manage a redundancy programme. A former accountant, John shares with us his own experience of redundancy and his insights which are helpful to both employers and employees.

KEY TAKEAWAY

“For people who are made redundant, I always say give yourself a couple of months break first. Don't try and dive into doing something straight away because you have to leave your previous employer mentally. They've left you, but you still have to take that break, and mentally work through why you were made redundant, get your energy levels back up again and be more positive about life. Then you can look to your future.”

ABOUT JOHN

John is a career coach and professional speaker. He works with professional people who have been made redundant. They want to return to employment or start a business of their dreams.

John is the executive producer and host of the GYFT Show. The acronym GYFT means Get Your Future Together. John has published 8 seasons of the GYFT Show on his YouTube channel and is preparing for season 9, for which the theme is monetisation.

John is a member of the Professional Speaking Association, and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. He is a keen supporter of rugby union.

CONNECT WITH JOHN:

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnburnsacma/

Twitter:             https://twitter.com/johnprospeaker

Instagram:       https://www.instagram.com/johnburnsprospeaker/

TikTok:             https://www.tiktok.com/@johntheprospeaker

YouTube:         https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYwHMLQ9x6WOErGtDB6sixA

Website:          https://johntheprospeaker.ie

ABOUT THE HOST – MEL LOIZOU

Mel is a Coach, Facilitator, Podcast Host & Mum. Specialising in leadership and change management in the Higher Education sector, Mel uses her Fish Climb Trees philosophy to help individuals, teams and organisations, shift from that place of believing they can’t, to one where they know they absolutely can. 

If you would like Mel to help you with your leadership and change management challenges, then please book a free 30 min call via https://calendly.com/melloizou/initialchat

Check out Mel’s:

Leadership Programme: https://divedeepclimbhigh.co.uk/leadershipprogramme

Reset, Refocus, Rejuvenate Retreat: https://divedeepclimbhigh.co.uk/retreat

Book, When Fish Climb Trees:  https://divedeepclimbhigh.co.uk/book

TEDx Talk, Ditch Your Fishnets, Boost Your Resilience: https://www.ted.com/talks/mel_loizou_ditch_your_fishnets_boost_your_resilience

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/melloizou/

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HOSTED BY: Mel Loizou

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