Chapter 9. Level Three: Break the Codependency Chain and Empower People

"It isn't necessarily a commitment to the company; it's a commitment to the kind of work that I do. So it's a commitment to my own self, and it's a commitment to my department too, but not necessarily a commitment to the company."

Third-level interventions represent a basic shift in focus from earlier interventions. Levels 1 and 2 react to existing layoff survivor symptoms; level 3 offers the possibility of preventing survivor symptoms in the first place. Level 3 interventions are both more complex and more hopeful than levels 1 and 2. They are complex because they are ...

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