Employment: The Corporate L-Word

Direct, clear and timely communication is essential. The sooner your employees know about your business problems and that layoffs may be coming, the easier it’ll be to win their trust and strengthen the morale of your remaining workforce.

Les Gore is managing partner of Executive Search International, a catalog, online and retail recruiting firm. You can reach him at (617) 527-8787 or les@execsearchintl.com.