Contents
Introduction: Why are good break-up conversations important?
Overview of termination types: personal, conduct-related or operational termination - what do you need to know, organize and consider in each case?
Preparation for the interview:
- Legal framework, preparation and organization of the termination and the separation meeting.
- Support options, e.g. through outplacement.
Communication and conversation:
- Structure and roles in the termination interview.
- Creating an appreciative, safe and fair atmosphere.
- Confident handling of emotional reactions and substantive questions.
- Professional handling of typical stumbling blocks.
Follow-up of the interview
- Formal follow-up, internal and external communication.
Excursus: Managing restructuring measures and concluding termination agreements.
Practical exercises with exchange:
- Several discussion exercises on case studies and the opportunity to bring in your own practical cases.
Learning environment
In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this training course once you have registered.
Your benefit
- You will get to know the different types of termination in a compact overview and receive impulses on which aspects you need to pay particular attention to in the respective separation meeting.
- Learn how you can avoid typical mistakes in break-ups as far as possible and practise how to professionally structure a break-up conversation and conduct it in an appreciative manner using case studies and examples.
- Receive useful impulses and guidelines to master separation talks confidently and safely on a substantive, legal and emotional level.
Methods
Expert input and joint discussion, group exercises and case studies, work aids and checklists.
Recommended for
HR managers, HR partners partners, HR developers and all employees from Human Resources / Personnel as well as specialists and managers who want to gain a compact overview and conduct separation interviews professionally and appreciatively.
Attendees comments
"Good interactive exchange, good seminar management."

Seminar evaluation for "Conducting and accompanying separation interviews professionally"







Start dates and details

Thursday, 07.08.2025
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Wednesday, 18.02.2026
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm