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I Was Asked to Fire One-Third of the Company, Here’s What That Taught Me About Leadership and Coaching

I still remember the silence in the room.

My CEO had just finished speaking. The words were simple, almost clinical: “We need to reduce headcount by one-third.”

No drama. No hesitation. Just a decision.

And suddenly, I wasn’t just the Head of HR anymore.
I was the person who would carry out one of the most painful transformations a company can go through.

That day, I realized something uncomfortable:

Being in HR doesn’t protect you from hard decisions.
It puts you at the center of them.

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