Leadership and Laying People Off

First-Hand Account of a Leader Faced with Laying People off:

"I’M vice president for strategy and operations at Accolo, a recruitment outsourcing company near San Francisco. I also run the sales organization and manage our finances, so I have a unique view of our revenue and expenses. I’m the first to notice an imbalance, which means that I’m the one to sound the alarm if we need to lay people off. I had to do that last November. . ."