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)

How do the most resilient leaders and organisations survive - and even thrive - during a market slowdown?

If you read nothing else on weathering a down market and returning to growth, read these 10 articles. We’ve combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you navigate a tough market, stay resilient, and return to growth and prosperity faster than the competition. In this expanded edition, we’ve included brand new bonus articles on leading through the COVID-19 recession.

This book will inspire you to:

Learn the right lessons from previous recessions Minimise pain while cutting costs Pull off big deals despite a down market Foster a culture of resilience Use emotional intelligence to protect your job Seize the opportunity to innovate and reinvent your business Lead the turnaround and return to growth

The brand new articles in this expanded edition include: ‘Learning from the Future’ by Peter Scoblic, ‘5 Ways to Stimulate Cash Flow in a Downturn’ by Eddie Yoon and Christopher Lochhead, ‘Include Your Employees in Cost-Cutting Decisions’ by Patrick Daoust and Paul Simon, ‘The Case for M&A in a Downturn’ by Brian Salsberg, and ‘Preparing Your Business for a Post-Pandemic World’ Carsten Lund Pedersen and Thomas Ritter.