Five ways to motivate your laidoff employees

1. Tell  the truth to your staff

 Though reality is often tough to hear, it is better to be honest with your employees during a layoff. “Communicate with employees the rationale for layoffs and the positive outcomes that will come out of such unfortunate events

2. Engage with employees

 Engage with those whose jobs are saved to reinforce the organization's commitment to their growth and development.

3.  Reskill your workforce

Create ecosystem for skill development. " Empower your employees to re-skill themselves in accordance with the latest technologies. Motivate them to undertake courses on big data development, machine learning, front-end development, devops and android development.

4.  Teach them to work with less

Teach employees how to manage with less and navigate such a situation. Remove or postpone work that is low on priority or can be delayed. Sit down with them and see how work can be reallocated and spread more evenly across people. This will help reduce anxiety among employees and balance the workload.

5. Help employees laid off

Be fair with laid-off employees, show compassion and help them in out-placement as well as personal coaching and guidance.