Our training has a lasting impact on managers' leadership abilities.

Properly conducted, separation training equips a manager with skills that will be applied repeatedly throughout his or her career. The techniques learned in managing separations can be applied during changes in leadership: following growth, merger and integration and across a myriad of difficult conversations. Because several managers often attend the training together, they develop a much more informed ability to support, reinforce and assist each other.

We can tailor our programs to meet your specific situation.

While the design of our Separation Management Training Program focuses on organizational change initiatives, the basic principles and road map can be applied to virtually any employee termination, including performance, fit and for-cause separation.

As with every program we deliver, our consultants connect with their audience, inspire dialogue and provide exceptional materials.

The Focus Group/CPI's Separation Management Training Program topics typically include:

• Goal Setting: Developing Goals and Identifying Obstacles
• Understanding Your Role as a Manager: Balancing Compassion with Effectiveness
• Planning and Preparing for the Separation Meeting: Developing a logistics plan
• Conducting an Effective Meeting: Scripting and Message Delivery
• Transitioning the Separated Employee: Helping the Employee manage their next steps
• Managing the Organizational Transition: Managing Messages and Morale after the event
• Manager Resources: A Checklist for Effective Management of the Separation Process: Typical Employee Questions with Sample Responses