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Published on: 10/1/2002
Last Visited: 6/13/2004
One of the people who benefited was Susan Jayne, SPHR, who has since left the firm."As a result of the significant number of Andersen layoffs during 2002, I was looking for guidance through this transitional time period, which coincided with a portion of my job search time," says Jayne, who was senior manager at Arthur Andersen Learning & Personal Growth Center in St. Charles, Ill. "As a human resource professional, I felt that it was important to have some kind of professional support network in place for myself, and I saw coaching as a way to do that.
"I am often looked to as a support person in transition times," she notes, "and I knew that I should seek that kind of support for myself."
Jayne was coached by Timothy E. Ursiny of Advantage Coaching & Training Inc. in Wheaton, Ill. "The main work I did was to help Susan as an HR professional work through transition and use this time in her life to really dream about her personal fulfillment," he says."Susan and the others we coached at Andersen were reeling from multiple changes in their lives.The employer who always had the image of integrity and producing ‘cream of the crop' employees now had a tarnished image.The job security that they thought they had was taken from them abruptly.I coached Susan through the process of exploring her losses as an HR professional with a highly prestigious company."