The Recession Busters: (back row, l to r) Jeremy Webster,
MSc, Chartered MCIPD; Karen Barnes, Chartered FCIPD;
Brian England, Chartered FCIPD; Adrian Dobson,
Chartered MCIPD.
(front row, l to r) Chris Whitfield, Chartered MCIPD;
Jackie Clifford, BSc (hons), FITOL;
Richard Brice, MBA, DipMan (Open), FCMI

Recession Busters

There are two choices in times of recession, (a) batten down the hatches and weather it out, if you’re lucky; or (b) aim to do something positive to help ensure your survival. Perhaps that’s just one choice after all.

At Blue Star Human Resources we‘ve pulled together the Recession Busters, an expert team, with over 200 years’ business experience - to help our clients have the best chance of taking positive action to win through these depressed times.

Our recipe for success – and we can help you with each of these ingredients - is:

• Ensure your business strategy is fit for changing times
• Rethink your people strategy accordingly
• Improve your business processes
• Improve your organisation – structure, culture, performance
• Access the support and advice that is available for your business
• Ensure your people know what’s going on
• Train your people to be ambassadors for your business and leave your competitors in your wake
• Make sure you have the right people
• Manage your peoples’ performance
• Don’t take unnecessary risks – keep within employment law
• Manage any necessary downsizing professionally
• If you have to make redundancies provide proper support
• Motivate the survivors so you can respond quickly to the upturn
• Manage stress within your team
• Train for the upturn

QED – Recession Busted

Get in touch now to take advantage of the Recession Busters’ experience –
Can you afford not to? richard.brice@bluestarhr.co.uk

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