The Upside of the Downturn

Ten Management Strategies to Prevail in the Recession and Thrive in the Aftermath

by Geoff Colvin

Number of pages: 192

Publisher: Portfolio

BBB Library: Economics and Investment, Operations Management

ISBN: 9781591842965



About the Author

Geoff Colvin is Fortune's senior editor-at-large and is also the author of Talent is Overrated and The Upside of the Downturn.

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Editorial Review

The great thing about a financial crisis and a recession is that they offer everyone the opportunity to be stretched in their current jobs. Certain practices can make the experience especially productive. Confronting the greatest business challenges to occur in generations, you’re being handed a chance to become better. It’s an opportunity that everyone faces, but not everyone will grab.'

Book Reviews

"Business journalist Geoff Colvin writes that the recession presents some intrepid managers with a rare opportunity to reinvent themselves and their businesses. He proposes 10 strategies that firms of all sizes can use to compete in the post-recession world." The Washington Post

"Credit Geoff Colvin with sharing everything he knows that can help many (if not most) companies to survive and then prevail during the current recession, and eventually thrive in its aftermath. I suggest that business leaders who read this book think of it as a hybrid: a wake-up call/reality check and an operations manual." Examiner.com

"For an incurable glass-half-full optimist, the title was full of hope. The book is not quite so, but yet, I found it an easy, if not engaging (at times), read. Subtitled “Ten Management Strategies to Prevail in the Recession and Thrive in the Aftermath”, that is exactly how Colvin has laid out the chapters." Aspire

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