30/12/2020
Is it Really Possible to Develop Individuals, Teams and Organizations in Recessionary Times?
Recessionary times often cause the HR, Training and/or OD department to simply accept that their budgets and programs will be cut until there is greater financial flexibly within the enterprise. Because people are an even more critical asset during cut-back times (and we need to make even greater efforts to retain and motivate individuals as much as possible in these periods), the HR, Training and/or OD department can play a leading role in supporting the business in its time of greatest need. This effort to be at the fore-front depends upon a clear identification of the greatest business needs in the circumstances and the flexible design of support programs and interventions that are going to be truly valued. Both internal and external consulting skills are likely to be necessary to achieve the best results but these can be often rendered extremely cost effectively with an open and honest up-front agenda for what is needed and by when, as well as a negotiated joint stake in future results.