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CEOs Are Predicting a Mild Recession in the U.S.
Economic cycles and trends Digital ArticleThey expect a “short and shallow” downturn. -
How to Survive a Recession and Thrive Afterward
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAccording to an analysis led by Ranjay Gulati, during the recessions of 1980, 1990, and 2000, 17% of the 4,700 public companies studied fared very badly:... -
What Professional Service Firms Must Do to Thrive
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleDuring economic slowdowns, consulting, law, and accounting firms often start offering services and taking on clients they really shouldn't, just to keep... -
What Companies Still Get Wrong About Layoffs
Organizational Development Digital ArticleMany cling to the idea that reducing staff is the fastest, easiest way to cut costs. But there are smarter, more humane approaches. -
Protecting DEI Progress When Budgets Are Tight
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleThree strategies to embed DEI into your core business practices — and make your efforts recession-proof. -
How to Market in a Downturn
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleBecause no two recessions are exactly alike, marketers find themselves in poorly charted waters every time one occurs. But guidance is available, say... -
Why Social Applications Will Thrive In A Recession
Recessions Digital ArticleJosh Bernoff is a vice president at Forrester Research and the author, with Charlene Li, of the forthcoming book, Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies Is a recession coming? Don’t ask me — I’m not an economist, and even the economists don’t really know. But if it’s anything like the last recession, […] -
Don’t Cut IT During a Downturn
Recessions Digital ArticleHoward Rubin is CEO of Rubin Systems. John Sviokla is vice chairman of Diamond Management and Technology Consultants. By Howard Rubin and John Sviokla When we learned to drive many years ago, back in the age of rear wheel drive, we were both taught to “turn into the skid” because our natural instincts to turn […] -
Three Tips to Start Facing Down the Recession
Recessions Digital ArticleHave you noticed how many people are responding to the economic crisis in the same way they would deal with the sudden death of a loved one? In fact, the Kubler-Ross model of the five stages of grief seems incredibly appropriate to the times. Most people appear to be stuck in one of the first […] -
How to Spot the Upturn Early
Strategy Digital ArticleTalking with half-a-dozen professional friends at a recent gathering, I was distressed to find how deeply the recession is touching all of them. Two had been laid off; spouses of two others had lost their jobs; and the remaining two were in mortal fear that their own jobs were on the chopping block. Layoffs are […] -
Staying Confident Through a Downturn
Recessions Digital ArticleWith each passing day, there’s more news that the economy is weakening. Factory orders go down. Consumer spending decreases. The sub-prime shakeout continues. Inflation raises its ugly head. It is enough to make any manager shudder, but take a deep breath. Times are tough, but our economy has weathered crises such as these and much […] -
How to Stay Sane When the Economy Goes Crazy
Recessions Digital ArticleMost of us can’t do a darn thing to change what is happening on Wall Street or in the financial markets around the world. We are at the mercy of macro-economic forces — that have, by the way, been hovering like a dark, gray storm cloud for some time. What’s happening really isn’t a surprise. […] -
Has the Recession Made Your Life Simpler?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHave you changed your behavior as a result of the "great recession?" According to a survey from the Department of Labor and a New York Times/CBS News... -
A Crisis of Long-Term Unemployment Is Looming in the U.S.
Career transitions Digital ArticleHow biases trap qualified job seekers in a cycle of rejection — and how to help them break free. -
How is Top Talent Dealing with Tough Times on Wall Street?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleViewed from Wall Street, the current credit crunch and market turndown is exceptionally difficult to deal with. Imploding firms, cascading losses, huge... -
Why Good People Skills Matter in a Recession
Managing people Digital ArticleI spend a great deal of my time coaching executives on how to become more effective leaders and managers. An important part of this work is to help them develop good relationships with their key staff and stakeholders. We explore different ways of influencing, motivating, and leading people and by extending their skills — I […] -
Plan Like an Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleThe Wall Street Journal yesterday featured an ‘insight exchange’ between four successful entrepreneurs which included, among other things, a discussion of their views on business planning. Their insights reconfirm what we’ve learned through years of research into successful, ‘habitual’ entrepreneurs (people who have started more than one business) and people who have made a long-run […] -
The Next Crisis: Coming in 2011
Global Business Digital ArticleWith the Dow reapproaching a five-figure level, we have felt at least some temporary economic reprieve in recent months. But I have talked to many astute... -
Davos Diary: The Third Rail of Executive Compensation
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThe question over how best to link CEO compensation to company performance defies an easy answer. But in the current financial crisis, the atmospherics... -
Gender Diversity and the Financial Sector
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe true test of leadership and commitment comes when times are tough. Despite brutal losses and ongoing market turmoil, several blue chip financial players...
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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)
24.95View Details 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... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Organizational Resilience (with bonus article "Organizational Grit" by Thomas H. Lee and Angela L. Duckworth)
Build resilience in your company to weather the greatest crises. If you read nothing else on organizational resilience, read these 10 articles. We've... -
Singapore Airlines: Customer Service Innovation
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details The members of Singapore Airlines' (SIA) management committee needs to decide whether to cancel the implementation of the new lie-flat seats in business... -
iPort12: Any Port in Storm?
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In 2007, California-based Pannacotta Development had built iPort 12 near two active New Jersey shipping ports for $122 million. Now in 2011, with only... -
Spain: Can the House Resist the Storm?
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details On September 16, 2008, President Rodriguez Zapatero recognized the severity of Spain's macroeconomic situation and clearly pointed to the culprit in front... -
RONA Inc.- Dealing with Recession
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details In September 2009, the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Rona Inc. was reviewing the company's progress in relation to the ongoing economic... -
SureCut Shears, Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details A bank loan officer must determine whether to waive convenants and extend terms on a line of credit granted to SureCut Shears. At issue is whether the... -
Japan, Supplement
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Supplements Japan: "Free, Fair, and Global?" -
Honeywell and the Great Recession: The Economic Recovery (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Five years after the Great Recession, Honeywell's CEO Dave Cote and his executive team reflect on the choices they made to manage costs and earnings forecasts... -
The Obama Stimulus
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the factors that led to the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and the impact the financial stimulus... -
Lehman Brothers
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In 2008, the U.S. financial system was in a state of crisis and Lehman Brothers went from a major Wall Street investment bank to an insolvent institution.... -
Coronavirus: Leadership and Recovery: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
Lead through the crisis and prepare for recovery. As the Covid-19 pandemic is exacting its toll on the global economy, forward-looking organizations are... -
Winning in Turbulence
Strategy & Execution BookThe current downturn may prove more brutal than most previous recessions. It's already hammering companies in markets around the globe. It will test businesses... -
Keystone Excavating Limited: Preserving a Legacy
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In June 2015, a new president and chief executive officer, Sandip Lalli, was hired by the board of directors of Keystone Excavating Limited (Keystone)... -
SUN Brewing (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study6.95View Details The Khemka family of India--founders, managers, and majority owners of Russia-based SUN Brewing--faces a difficult decision in 1998. Following the ruble's... -
Japan: "Free, Fair, and Global?"
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In April 1998, Prime Minister Hashimoto faced serious problems, both with his program of six systemic reforms and with his fiscal policy. Japan had been... -
The Silver Lining: An Innovation Playbook for Uncertain Times
25.00View Details Experts agree: The turbulence triggered by the economic shock of 2008 constitutes the "new normal." Unfortunately, too many managers have become paralyzed... -
Paradise Bakery & Cafe: The Challenges of Success
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Paradise Bakery and Café: The Challenges of Success traces the journey of entrepreneur Daniel Patterson from the founding of his bakery in Southern California,... -
Restoring Japan: Abenomics
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The case presents Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose economic policies, nicknamed "Abenomics," aim to remedy the economic malaise Japan has suffered since... -
United States Financial Crisis of 1931
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The behavior of the Federal Reserve System during the early years of the Great Depression has been a topic of considerable controversy. The Fed, it has...
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CEOs Are Predicting a Mild Recession in the U.S.
Economic cycles and trends Digital ArticleThey expect a “short and shallow” downturn. -
How to Survive a Recession and Thrive Afterward
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAccording to an analysis led by Ranjay Gulati, during the recessions of 1980, 1990, and 2000, 17% of the 4,700 public companies studied fared very badly:... -
What Professional Service Firms Must Do to Thrive
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleDuring economic slowdowns, consulting, law, and accounting firms often start offering services and taking on clients they really shouldn't, just to keep... -
What Companies Still Get Wrong About Layoffs
Organizational Development Digital ArticleMany cling to the idea that reducing staff is the fastest, easiest way to cut costs. But there are smarter, more humane approaches. -
Protecting DEI Progress When Budgets Are Tight
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleThree strategies to embed DEI into your core business practices — and make your efforts recession-proof. -
How to Market in a Downturn
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleBecause no two recessions are exactly alike, marketers find themselves in poorly charted waters every time one occurs. But guidance is available, say... -
Why Social Applications Will Thrive In A Recession
Recessions Digital ArticleJosh Bernoff is a vice president at Forrester Research and the author, with Charlene Li, of the forthcoming book, Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies Is a recession coming? Don’t ask me — I’m not an economist, and even the economists don’t really know. But if it’s anything like the last recession, […] -
Don’t Cut IT During a Downturn
Recessions Digital ArticleHoward Rubin is CEO of Rubin Systems. John Sviokla is vice chairman of Diamond Management and Technology Consultants. By Howard Rubin and John Sviokla When we learned to drive many years ago, back in the age of rear wheel drive, we were both taught to “turn into the skid” because our natural instincts to turn […] -
Three Tips to Start Facing Down the Recession
Recessions Digital ArticleHave you noticed how many people are responding to the economic crisis in the same way they would deal with the sudden death of a loved one? In fact, the Kubler-Ross model of the five stages of grief seems incredibly appropriate to the times. Most people appear to be stuck in one of the first […] -
How to Spot the Upturn Early
Strategy Digital ArticleTalking with half-a-dozen professional friends at a recent gathering, I was distressed to find how deeply the recession is touching all of them. Two had been laid off; spouses of two others had lost their jobs; and the remaining two were in mortal fear that their own jobs were on the chopping block. Layoffs are […]