HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing in a Downturn, Expanded Edition (with bonus article "Preparing Your Business for a Post-Pandemic World" by Carsten Lund Pedersen and Thomas Ritter)

During a slowdown, the most resilient companies survive and thrive by harnessing resources, learning lessons from past recessions, minimizing pain while cutting costs, fostering a healthy culture, making smart moves to protect jobs, and seizing opportunities to innovate and reinvent.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 12 November 2020
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press

During a slowdown, how do the most resilient companies survive and even thrive?

If you read nothing else on surviving a tough economy and coming back stronger, read these 15 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help your company persevere through economic challenges and continue to grow while your competitors stumble.

This book will inspire you to:

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.

Five 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.

Preparing for the Next Recession by Michael E. Gerber and Jay A. Shapiro.

Conclusion: Navigating the Challenges of a Downturn by John Sutter and Michael E. Gerber.

In conclusion, navigating a downturn can be a challenging and uncertain time for businesses, but by harnessing your resources, learning from the past, and making smart decisions, you can position your company for success and emerge stronger when the economy turns around.

Weight: 218g
Dimension: 140 x 208 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781647820657