Comments on: Workplace Democracy and the Layoff-Furlough Dilemma http://workplacedemocracy.com/2009/04/13/workplace-democracy-and-the-layoff-furlough-dilemma/ The Source for News, Analysis, and Opinion about the Future of Management Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:06:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: workplacedemocracy http://workplacedemocracy.com/2009/04/13/workplace-democracy-and-the-layoff-furlough-dilemma/#comment-7 Fri, 01 May 2009 14:23:55 +0000 http://workplacedemocracy.com/?p=30#comment-7 CV,
Thanks for your comments and for pointing out the great content and analysis on your blog!
Asher

]]> By: CV Harquail http://workplacedemocracy.com/2009/04/13/workplace-democracy-and-the-layoff-furlough-dilemma/#comment-6 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:30:49 +0000 http://workplacedemocracy.com/?p=30#comment-6 Asher,
One strange silver lining this economic crisis is the way that some organizations (and some leaders) have been nudged by the very extremity of their situations to try something ‘new’, like a participatory approach to cost-cutting.

You and I have both blogged about Paul Levy at Beth Israel, one of the more prominent leaders taking this approach.

It is surprising and disappointing that more leaders aren’t also using a participatory approach to cost-cutting, given the HUGE gap between what employees are willing to do and what CEOs will even consider asking for. Based on some recent research on employees’ perceptions of flexible downsizing, I crunched a few numbers to assess the size of this gap… and to ask why more CEOs aren’t trying alternatives… come to http://www.AuthenticOrganizations.com, and let me know if this analysis is useful to you!

So glad to find your blog!

cv harquail

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