Jenny has been teaching adults throughout her career, starting with 18 year olds in a College of Further education who didn't really want to be there and branching out to adult education and over the last sixteen years, management development and training other executive coaches. She has an international reputation as a coach, consultant and writer on learning and leadership issues. She is widely experienced as a consultant in organisational development and works as executive coach to many directors and chief executives in leading public and private sector organisations. As well as her work as a college lecturer, Jenny has also worked as a freelance journalist, commissioning editor and for twelve years as a BBC television producer where one of her projects was the 'discovery' of Delia Smith. She also ran the BBC's management training department for three years in the early nineteen nineties. Jenny has a keen interest in psychological assessment and her books on the MBTI - Sixteen Personality Types and Influencing Others through the Sixteen Personality Types - and on the FIRO-B (co-authored with Judy Waterman) sell well on both sides of the Atlantic. She is Series Editor for the Open University Press series Coaching in Practice.

Losing your job is one of the hardest challenges and this book will help to make the transition as short and easy as possible.

Foreword by Cary L. Cooper
About the author
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Ten top tips for managing redundancy
1. The shock
Why redundancy hurts and how to shorten the time to adjustment
2. Emergency advice
How and why it is so important to protect your reputation and well-being during the immediate process of being given the news; how to exit with grace
3. Getting help
Finding a range of helpers and getting the most out of them
4. How did this happen?
Understanding why redundancy has happened, including what individuals may have contributed
5. Follow the money
Working out where your money is going; implementing a 'Scrimper's Charter'
6. What you want, what you offer
Why it matters it see yourself as a brand. Assessing your whole life not just work, identifying what a dream job would look like
7. Thinking beyond your taken-for-granteds
The importance of not getting stuck on fixed ideas about your next job; where and how you might compromise
8. Job-search: what really works
Getting past unhelpful myths about job search. How to understand and exploit the informal jobs market; using social media
9. Powerful CVs
The role of a CV in job-search, and how to construct a CV that has impact
10. Secrets of success at the interview
De-mystifying the job interview; understanding the process from the employer's perspective; managing nervousness; preparation that counts
11. The alternative life
Exploring new types of career and life: freelance, interim and portfolio working

Losing your job is one of the hardest challenges most people will face, even if they are volunteers. It can be a shock, a challenge to everything you have taken for granted and can cause upheaval in every aspect of your life. Yet it is possible to move on successfully and this book is about how to make the transition as short and easy as possible whatever your age or experience. It answers questions such as:
How do I keep my dignity and self-esteem through the process of being given the news?How do I get the best possible deal and exit with aplomb?
How much will it matter to a new employer that I have been made redundant?
What is the best way of seizing the opportunity to redesign my life and career?
What about money worries while I'm looking for a new job?
How much do social media matter in job-searching? Which job-search techniques really work and which are a waste of time?
What about freelance and interim work? WITH A FOREWORD BY CARY L. COOPER
"Roger's Facing Redundancy brings a deep level of honesty, insight, and most importantly practical support, for career transition in the 21st century."
Katherine Tulpa, CEO, Association for Coaching
"This is a stunning book: easy to read, very informative, packed full of common-sense good advice derived from years of experience. The case studies are short and interesting. It's not an exaggeration to say I couldn't put it down. Highly recommended."
Carolyn Gray, Group Director, HR, Pensions & Sustainability, Guardian Media Group