Planning For The Economic Recovery

Actions your organization should be taking now, in preparation for the economic recovery

An intensive 2-day program providing valuable insights into the drivers of the current economic recession, and a detailed examination of the decisions you should be taking now to ensure that your organization is positioned to win when the recovery begins.

Location	Date
Calgary	TBA , 2010
Toronto	TBA , 2010

Fees

$1950 (plus GST)

The program will enable you to:

• Better understand the drivers of the recession and the lead indicators of a recovery
• Identify priority actions and decisions required for your organization to capitalize on the recovery
• Position your organization to secure a strong start in the recovery
• Identify and overcome critical obstacles and avoid common mistakes

Who attends?

Senior managers involved in strategic planning and business development. The Program is especially relevant for:

• Companies in industries that have been hit hard by the recession
• Companies experiencing share price declines ahead of the market
• Companies competing in commodifying industries
• Companies vulnerable to future international competition
• Managers anticipating equity or borrowing for the recovery

Benefits for you

• Demonstrate personal leadership in managing your organization through economic uncertainty and preparing it for the economic recovery
• Make difficult strategic decision with increased confidence
• Capitalize on the opportunities presented by the economic downturn

Benefits for your organization

• Create strategies that will enable your organization to fully capitalize on the economic recovery
• Realize stronger revenue and profit growth during the recovery
• Create competitive advantage now that will differentiate your organization from the competition post-recovery

Program structure and content

Managing For The Economic Recovery provides key insights into the current economic environment and valuable guidance for managing your way through the recession and into the recovery.

Day One

Analyzing the environment and building the plan

What happens in a recession?

• Macro factors that drive micro behaviours
• Known trends, consumer psychology and corporate executive behaviour
• Defining success and who matters
• The pitfalls of fearfulness and hesitancy

What happens in a recovery?

• Macro trends that result from micro behaviours
• Predictable micro behaviours (consumer and corporate)
• Coincident and lagging predictors and the psychological elements of a recovery

Building your organization's recovery plan

• Identifying priority actions and critical obstacles
• Signs of a viable and workable plan
• Understanding the importance of symbolic actions and structuring quick wins

Day Two

Implementing the plan

• Key organizational and management practices for effective implementation
• Maintaining leadership team morale
• The 5 archetypes of people and managing each archetype
• Compensation issues
• Communications
• Resource allocation and attraction
• Measurement and control
• What to avoid

Session Leader