A business psychologist shares her six-month plan for bouncing back from job loss
Dr Kahn was made redundant from a role at a time that coincided with her. ‘It was a voluntary redundancy, but there remained a niggling feeling that if I was really valued, why would they let me go? My identity, so closely forged with my professional role, was challenged. I didn’t know who I was any more.’
Dr Kahn believes that being made redundant can be a gift: ‘It gives you freedom, forcing you to reflect and redirect in ways you might not have considered before, or in ways you had always dreamed of.’Being made redundant: be kind to yourself and take some time out for youIt might seem negative to plan for the worst but, according to Dr Kahn, preparing for the inevitability of change can be liberating.
We base so many of our conversations on work, so communicating that we have been made redundant can be challenging. Dr Kahn recommends preparing a sentence, such as ‘I’m looking for a new position’, or ‘I’m having a rethink’, without any further explanation.
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