How do the most resilient companies survive—and even thrive—during a
slowdown?
If you read nothing else on surviving a tough economy and coming back
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- Harness your resources to pull through a pandemic
- Learn the right lessons from previous recessions
- Minimize pain while cutting costs and managing risk
- Foster a healthy culture during anxious times
- Make smart moves to protect your own job
- Seize the opportunity to innovate and reinvent your business
This collection of articles includes "Seize Advantage in a Downturn" by
David Rhodes and Daniel Stelter; "How to Survive a Recession and Thrive
Afterward: A Research Roundup" by Walter Frick; "How to Bounce Back from
Adversity" by Joshua D. Margolis and Paul G. Stoltz; "Rohm and Haas's
Former CEO on Pulling off a Sweet Deal in a Down Market" by Raj Gupta;
"How to Be a Good Boss in a Bad Economy" by Robert I. Sutton; "Layoffs
That Don't Break Your Company" by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta;
"Getting Reorgs Right" by Stephen Heidari-Robinson and Suzanne Heywood;
"Reigniting Growth" by Chris Zook and James Allen; "Reinvent Your
Business Model Before It's Too Late" by Paul Nunes and Tim Breene; "How
to Protect Your Job in a Recession" by Janet Banks and Diane Coutu;
"Learning from the Future" by J. Peter Scoblic; "5 Ways to Stimulate
Cash Flow in a Downturn" by Eddie Yoon and Christopher Lochhead; "The
Case for M&A in a Downturn" by Brian Salsberg; "Include Your Employees
in Cost-Cutting Decisions" by Patrick Daoust and Paul Simon; and
"Preparing Your Business for a Post-Pandemic World" by Carsten Lund
Pedersen and Thomas Ritter.
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Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of
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