| It’s time now to think about what the world of | | | | sharp and clear. |
| business will be like after the recession, and how to | | | | In most cases the companies that prosper in the years |
| configure your operations for the market you will face. | | | | after a recession will be those who kept their best |
| Cash control is the first essential. Businesses fail on the | | | | people during the hard times, and made sure they |
| upswing out of recession, as well as during the | | | | were trained to take advantage of any opportunities |
| recession itself. Mostly they have kept going during the | | | | that came your way. Good, trained people will give you |
| downturn by a mix of borrowing, getting credit from | | | | your best chance of survival, as well as of expansion |
| their suppliers and keeping wages down. Then the | | | | after the worst is over. They will keep your quality high, |
| climate for business improves; suppliers want to cut | | | | your market information up to date, and your |
| their creditors back to normal, staff want to see some | | | | customers happy. |
| reward for loyalty, and banks find big new exciting | | | | The paradox is that some companies seem to risk |
| ways of investing their money, and want their older | | | | their chance of survival and longer-term prosperity by |
| loans repaid. | | | | letting people go who would have been their star |
| So firms need to make sure that they don’t | | | | performers in the post recession world. Worse, they |
| over-extend during the early days of returning | | | | cut back on training to conserve cash, and end up |
| prosperity. Tight control of cash remains essential, and | | | | without the skills that would have led them through the |
| expansion projects have to be financed very | | | | risky post-recession recovery period. |
| cautiously indeed. Over-trading and over-investment | | | | Internationally, the training that companies put into their |
| are the mistakes to avoid. | | | | staff is the key factor in assuring success in the |
| The good news is that there will be lots of | | | | post-recession world. And training in the international |
| opportunities to sell and get business. The bad news is | | | | language of business is an important core investment |
| that those of your competitors who have also | | | | during the recession. |
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| were. You are going to have to fight for your share of | | | | and certainly the most focused English language |
| the opportunities. This means that your staff need to | | | | training provider in your city. |
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