What if we celebrated people leaving an organization with honor and gratitude? This thought came to us during a brainstorm for our company, Phi. The way our company treats people leaving for another company, retiring, or even upon being "let go" for any reason, will have an effect on that individual's health. We thought about the impact that many can feel upon leaving a community for whatever reason. We talked about how we have felt after being disconnected from a group. We decided that no matter the reason for leaving our company, there should be celebration and gratitude for the accomplishments and failures that happened while that person was with us. More than severance (what a crazy world when you think about it), you could a celebration and have gifts and emblems of gratitude given to them in their honor.
Great suggestion on bringing more humanity to goodbyes, particularly at companies (don't even get me started with religions). I have yet to see a well-orchestrated goodby from a company leadership-perspective when somebody is being asked to leave.
Great suggestion on bringing more humanity to goodbyes, particularly at companies (don't even get me started with religions). I have yet to see a well-orchestrated goodby from a company leadership-perspective when somebody is being asked to leave.
Maybe the Religion that you leave, doesn't consider that you are really gone and hopes that you will return. There is really no goodbye in their mind.
Well said