Social Selling For The Rest Of Us

Resume help isn’t enough.
People need structure + momentum.

My 4-week reset is built for real life after layoffs:
Week 1: Stability
Week 2: Story
Week 3: Signal
Week 4: Search

No hype. No shame.
Just a repeatable cadence that helps people land faster.

DM “REWIRE” if you want the outline.

Most leaders treat offboarding like a paperwork exercise. It’s actually a leadership test.

When you treat an exit as "just an HR task," you aren't just losing an employee—you're risking your culture, your reputation, and your remaining team's morale.

Here are the 3 biggest Offboarding Failure Modes:

Expectations: Shifting the entire burden to HR. (Leaders own the relationship, HR owns the process).

Ownership: No clear decision-maker on communications or transition tasks.

System: No scripts, no clear timeline, and zero support for the team left behind.

How you exit people is exactly how your remaining talent expects to be treated one day.

Which failure mode have you seen most in your career? Let’s discuss in the comments.

Dallas field note:

The best teams don’t manage announcements.
They manage transitions.

They have:
owners
language
timelines
and a real support bridge

The worst teams?
They obsess over the press release… then improvise everything that happens after.

If you’re leading people in a hard season, structure is kindness.

Comment “NOTES” and I’ll share the 3 takeaways.

Packing for Dallas like:
chargers, slides, and feelings.

If you’re going to SHRM Talent 2026 in April, what do you want me to cover most?

-offboarding ops
-manager language
-candidate trust
-speed-to-next-role support

Drop it. I’ll build around what people actually need.

Flexibility didn’t disappear.
The courage to offer it did.

If you can’t define outcomes, you’ll default to visibility.

Flex works where:
expectations are clear
work is measurable
managers actually lead

Where can flex realistically work in your org, and where can’t it?

Here’s how one company turned alumni into brand advocates:

✅ Compassionate offboarding led to 5 alumni referrals within 6 months
✅ Positive Glassdoor reviews boosted recruiting success

Join us to learn how offboarding drives recruiting results!

Only 3 weeks left! Have you registered for the Compassionate Offboarding webinar? We’ll teach you:

✅ How alumni referrals fuel recruiting
✅ Structured offboarding strategies

When offboarding goes wrong: One company faced PR hell when poor layoffs led to:
- Negative social media posts
- Declining referrals

A structured offboarding process could have saved them. Want to learn how? Join our free webinar on Sept 18!

📲 Register now!

Recruiting is only half the story. Offboarding creates alumni advocates who refer top candidates and boost rehire rates.

Let’s talk about how to connect these strategies. Join us for our Sept 18 webinar!

📲 Register now!

What if offboarding could make your recruiting easier? It can.

✅ 37% more referrals come from alumni when transitions are handled with care
✅ Structured offboarding boosts brand trust

Join us on Sept 18 for a webinar on how recruiting and offboarding work together. Register now!

Want early access to the new book Compassionate Offboarding?

On Aug 15, you’ll get Chapter 1 for free!

Learn how to strengthen your employer brand with structured exits. Get ready!