When any organisation is forced to make a large number of redundancies, the attention, quite rightly, is focused on those losing their roles. However, once the dust settles the focus needs to be on those who survived the round of cuts and may be experiencing a wide range of emotions. This Practice Note will guide you in how to recognise and manage 'survivor syndrome' within your team. Specifically, we will look at:

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   what is survivor syndrome?

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   how different people might react

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   how it affects the organisation

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   what the causes are

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   what the remedies are at an organisational level

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   what the remedies are at a local management level