Dr. Nancy Koury King, Biography

With over 25 years of leadership experience , Dr. Nancy Koury King has been on both sides of the firing line. Her personal and professional experiences inspired her to write about the lives of people affected by involuntary job loss and how to improve the workplace. Dr. King has a doctorate in management from the Weatherhead School of Management and a Masters in Social Administration from the Mandel School at Case Western Reserve University where she studied social capital and leadership.    In addition to work in health care leadership, Dr. King has served as an adjunct instructor at Case Western Reserve University and The Ohio State University and as a part time faculty member at Capital University where she taught business ethics. Dr. King has spoken nationally including at the Academy of Management’s Annual Meeting on the topic of social capital and leadership. Dr. King lives in Norfolk, Virginia.

Job uncertainty is the new normal. As Dr. Nancy Koury King reports, twenty-one million people involuntarily lost their jobs in 2015. She spent five years traveling the country and interviewing some of these individuals.

Now, King is sharing their stories with you. If you happen to have lost your job as well, King assures you that you are not alone. If you haven’t already, you have the chance now to prepare yourself for the world of job uncertainty.

Follow Nancy on LinkedIn, or check out her website at: www.jobuncertainty.com and check out Nancy's great book Fired: How to Manage Your Career In The Age of Job Uncertainty. 

Nancy's Secret to Success 

Links to References Discussed

Fired: How to Manage Your Career In The Age of Job Uncertainty - book

Office Space – movie

Up in the air - movie

Leadership & Self-Deception - book

 

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Show Notes

2:15 Intro to Nancy and background in Senior Living industry

9:15 Nancy’s experience working with the Human Resources department

11:32 HR – in the business of helping those who help others

12:44 What makes a good HR partner

14:15 HR should make the effort to know the business

14:53 HR should understand the employee experience to better help the business

15:31 What led Nancy to write her book

19:38 Will there be a volume 2 to your book?

20:33 What led to traveling for this book

21:32 Did job uncertainty apply to a specific industry or is it widespread

22:53 Indicators that someone may be losing their job

26:37 Focusing on the employee side vs employer side of the story

28:39 Has job security, pensions, etc. changed in the recent years

32:35 Developing & diversifying your skillset

33:38 Having to worrying about health insurance

35:55 Always think about having a plan B

42:55 Is there ever a nice, or proper way to lay someone off

47:28 Never forget the Human in Human Resources

47:52 First tip to overcome job loss

52:12 Steps to find your next job

54:43 Put on your own breathing mask before helping others

56:27 Rapid Fire Questions including:

If you had an extra 30 minutes in the day how would you spend it

Favorite or go-to apps

Book or resource you recommend the most

How to manage to filter thru the noise

Tip to help from becoming in a job that becomes obsolete