Giving bad news is never easy. However, for business leaders and HR professionals, effectively delivering tough news to your workforce is a part of the job. And there is perhaps no harder news to give than that of layoffs.   We’ve seen a lot of headline layoffs this year, with both the coal and tech industry in particular experiencing more layoffs than the year before. The recent rise in layoffs among tech startups triggered increased speculation that the tech bubble has finally reached its breaking point. With VCs recommending companies to adopt belt-tightening measures, we may expect to see more announcements of involuntary terminations from tech companies in the near future. … Continue reading 3 Ways to Fail at Communicating Layoffs