This is Going To Hurt Me More Than It Hurts You

Produced

• 1989

Key Features

DVD video and leader's guide

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This program aims to enable managers to learn a confident and pro-active approach to bad news interviews.

John Cleese explains three steps that should be taken to ensure that a bad news meeting is a success—that the employee accepts the decision and as little damage is done to morale as possible.

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This video uses humour to explain the steps that should be taken by a manager or team leader to ensure that their employees facing bad news accept the decision with as little damage as possible to morale.

Three sections highlight how to prepare for the interview, cope with the reaction, and face up to responsibilities.

The benefits:

Suitable for general interviewing and management skills courses

Specific learning points for three important interviews

It is essential to prepare for the interview, both factually and emotionally—in particular, preparing the opening remarks that lead up to the bad news. Then the interviewer must cope with the reaction. The third step is not to shirk responsibility but to face it head on.

Learning Objectives:

• Prepare yourself;
• Anticipate likely responses;
• Be clear and honest;
• Stand your ground;
• Limit the damage
• Plan for the future

This production features John Cleese, Richard Wilson and Prunella Scales. Release date: 1989

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