The Compassionate Restructuring & Layoff Playbook: Plan and carry out workforce reductions that are legally sound, operationally smooth, and deeply human

How you let people go says everything about who you are as an organization. This playbook helps HR leaders and executives handle one of their hardest responsibilities with fairness, honesty, and care.

Inside:

• Alternatives to layoffs and executive readiness questions

• A week-by-week planning timeline and project team roles

• Objective selection criteria and legal checkpoints to review with counsel

• Severance and support package design, with an AI cost model prompt

• Word-for-word manager and HR notification scripts

• What to say, what not to say, and how to respond to common reactions

• CEO message, all-hands outline, and employee FAQ templates (Word file included)

• A notification-day logistics checklist, including remote employees

• A 30-60-90 day recovery plan for the people who stay

• 10 AI prompts to prepare every document

For HR leaders, executives, and business owners facing a restructuring. Contains 25 pages of scripts, messaging, compliance, AI prompts, and more to navigate this significant event in a business.