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Tough Situation

Times are tough at your organization, and, as the director of human resources, you have a problem. The company’s senior executives have decided that 10 percent of the payroll has to be cut immediately. Instead of laying off about 30 people, you would like to have everyone cut back their work hours by 10 percent. This way the payroll would be cut but everyone would get to keep their jobs. But you’ve heard that this idea isn’t popular with all of the workers. Some are already grumbling that it’s a bad idea and the company is just looking for excuses to cut wages. How can you best handle this situation as a change leader?