Managing Survivor Guilt Post Restructure – free event
Guest speaker: Alex Wilson, Group Human Resources Director for BT - March 2009

BPP recently hosted a free event at our Law School to deliberate managing survivor guilt post restructure, with guest speaker: Alex Wilson, Group Human Resources Director for BT. A topic for today’s climate, and one the audience were interested to hear Alex’s comments.

A summary of Alex’s main comments is available as a downloadable pdf

Also available is an MP3 of Alex’s full presentation

Alex Wilson presented a very thought provoking and insightful talk on survivor guilt; the reason Alex’s talk was so insightful is that he presented his own views on this area and encouraged his audience to think through theirs. Alex’s views are topical, and he makes no apologies for them. His view that survivor guilt is just another “consultants” whim as a result of a poor change management programme is potentially controversial however he backed up his argument with clear strategic business understanding and HR knowledge. His presentation was an excellent example of an HR professional operating at the ‘top of their game’ and he clearly demonstrated his knowledge of the business drivers that force organisations to undertake change programme and then talked through how this can be done well. His arguments were substantiated to ensure that the organisation was never put at risk and was constantly looking after its people. This, surely, is how HR should operate in every organisation.