Martha Finney
You've just lost your job. (Or you're expecting to.) You know you're not alone: Millions of great people are losing their jobs these days. But this is you we're talking about. Losing your job can turn your life upside down. It can mess with your mind, your heart, your health, your family life...not to mention your financial security. Losing your job is just plain painful.
Rebound: A Proven Plan for Starting Over After Job Loss will help you get through the trauma -- and come out stronger, smarter, better. Top workplace expert Martha Finneybrings together all the answers you need to empower yourself and regain mastery over your own life. Drawing on powerful insights and personal stories from an enormous network of experts, she answers questions like:
- How do I protect my finances?
- How do I get past the anger, alienation, and isolation?
- Why haven't I heard from my coworkers?
- What are my rights?
- Can I get a better severance package?
- Can I sue? Should I?
- How do I stay on my career path and keep my options open?
From start to finish, Rebound: A Proven Plan for Starting Over After Job Losswill help you identify your best next steps: the steps that'll help you get past the trauma and move forward–-emotionally, financially, in your career, and in every part of your life.
- The 29 first, best, and worst things to do after a layoff or firing
- What to do right now–-and what you should never do
- How to protect yourself, one step at a time
- Practical solutions for safeguarding your finances, your health, and your family
- Build your status as an "A" player
- Enhancing your visibility, skills, and even your prestige while you're out of work
- Learn to love networking
- It's not as bad as you think–-really!
- Keep it from happening again
- Rethinking the whole way you look at employment
Martha Finney Biography
Martha I. Finney is President and CEO of Engagement Journeys, LLC, and an internationally-respected expert in employee engagement and leadership communications. A business journalist for 20 years before becoming a full-time consultant, she specializes in helping organizations achieve greater employee loyalty, retention, and passion.
Finney is author or coauthor of more than 13 books, including The Truth About Getting the Best From People (FT Press) and HR From the Heart with Yahoo's Chief People Officer, Libby Sartain. Her original research on the American workplace has been featured on CNN, NPR's Morning Edition, and in major newspapers nationwide.
Her original research into joy in the American workplace was featured on CNN, NPR's Morning Edition, and in major newspapers throughout the United States, as well as Across the Board magazine.
* Outcomes: Loyalty; retention; recruitment; motivation; safety; engaged culture; public relations positioning; change objectives.
* Areas of emphasis: Corporate communications; HR groups; workforce development; sales; new managers; new hires; community relations.
* Products and services: Voice-of-the-employees interviews and profiles; white papers; case studies; book chapters; ghostwriting; publishing consultation.
* Keynotes and workshops: "Sustain Your Flame! Keep Alive the Mission and Meaning of Your HR Career" (for internal HR group events) and new manager workshops based on the principles of The Truth About Getting the Best From People.
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About Peter Clayton
Peter Clayton, Producer/Host, is an award-winning producer/director of radio, television, documentary, video, interactive and Web-based media who has created breakthrough media for a wide array of Fortune 100 clients.
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