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Outplacement programs with a human touch
Keep your teams thriving through restructuring, with tailored outplacement coaching for everyone, on your schedule.
What can outplacement coaching do?
Restructuring and layoffs (redundancies, in the UK) disrupt the whole business. You're saying goodbye to colleagues, redistributing work, and leading people through change and uncertainty. You need support that helps everyone move forward without adding to your team's workload.
Sama's outplacement programs support the people leaving through their next steps, help keep the teams who stay engaged, and help your leaders manage the change. Unlike prescriptive, out-of-the-box plans, each program is built around your people and your business.
What are outplacement services?
Outplacement services are support an employer provides to people who are leaving, usually after a restructuring or layoff, to help them move into their next role. They can include career coaching, skills assessments, help with a resume (CV) and LinkedIn profile, interview practice and job search planning.
Good outplacement also looks after the people who stay. Sama's programs cover both.
The hidden costs of layoffs
Why it matters how you handle restructuring
Layoffs have costs that are easy to miss. Harvard Business School professor Sandra Sucher points to lost institutional knowledge, weaker employee engagement, higher turnover and lower innovation, and says it can take years for companies to recover.
Lost institutional knowledge
Weaker employee engagement
Higher turnover
Lower innovation
Employer brand
How you treat the people who leave also shapes your employer brand. Leavers talk to former colleagues and post reviews, and they may one day be your customers, candidates or partners. People who leave well can become alumni who speak well of you.
The people who stay
The people who stay may feel uncertain, or even guilty that they kept their jobs. The right support helps them refocus, build resilience and keep the business running smoothly.
01 / 03 · The people leaving
Supporting your leavers: people-first career transition
When people lose their jobs, whatever the reason, they need more than a great resume to find a new role. Sama's outplacement programs look at the bigger picture, with tailored support that builds confidence, helps people manage the emotions of leaving, and helps them take the next step in their careers.
One-on-one coaching gives leavers a toolkit for success:
- 1
Building confidence
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Skills assessments
- 3
Resilience and resourcefulness
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Career transition planning and strategy
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Interview preparation
02 / 03 · The teams who stay
Supporting the teams who stay
Major change makes people nervous, and your culture can suffer. Supporting your remaining teams is crucial to keeping your workforce healthy.
One-on-one coaching
Helps employees at any level:
- Build resilience
- Improve communication
- Stay engaged
- Strengthen leadership skills
- Look after their well-being
- Protect company culture
Group coaching builds a positive environment:
- Addressing survivor guilt
- Helping managers hold effective career conversations
- Maintaining engagement and productivity
03 / 03 · The leaders
Coaching for the leaders managing the change
Your leadership team needs a toolkit to manage layoffs with as little disruption as possible. The right coaching helps leaders keep engagement strong and the culture true to its values.
One-on-one coaching for leaders:
Self-awareness and resilience
Communication
Employee engagement
Leadership skills
Well-being
Company culture
Team coaching for leaders provides a network of support:
World-class coaches, online and on your schedule
2.5%
of credentialed coaches are accepted
95%
success rate on chemistry fit from the first session
The Sama Assessment Process is extremely stringent, and coaches' impact and engagement are monitored. Matching is based on Sama's proprietary AI algorithm.
Coaching is online and fits your teams' schedule, and matching takes location and language into account, so people get support wherever they are. Sama supports employees around the world through a global network of coaches.
Leaving a role is personal, and so is staying through change. Sama coaching is 100% confidential, so people can talk openly.
How to choose an outplacement provider
Ask any provider, including us:
Is the support tailored?
Check whether programs are built around your people, or are the same package for everyone.
Does it cover the people who stay?
Leavers matter, and so do the teams and leaders who carry the business forward.
Who are the coaches?
Ask how coaches are selected and matched to each person.
Does it work across locations?
If your people are in several countries, check that support is available in their location and language.
Is it confidential?
People need to know their conversations stay private.
Build a sustainable coaching practice
Develop long term professional relationships through structured programs.
Frequently asked questions
Who is outplacement coaching for?
Everyone affected by a restructuring: the people leaving, the teams who stay, and the leaders managing the change, at every level.
What does outplacement coaching include?
For leavers: one-on-one coaching on confidence, skills, resilience, career transition planning and interview preparation. For remaining teams: one-on-one and group coaching. For leaders: one-on-one and team coaching.
Is it online?
Yes. Coaching is online, on your teams' schedule, and matching takes location and language into account.
Is it confidential?
Yes. Sama coaching is 100% confidential.