{"id":549,"date":"2008-11-17T09:47:35","date_gmt":"2008-11-17T08:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/progmanager.wordpress.com\/?p=549"},"modified":"2008-11-17T09:47:35","modified_gmt":"2008-11-17T08:47:35","slug":"managing-through-the-crunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2008\/11\/17\/managing-through-the-crunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing through the Crunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It can be a tough time to try to get an organisation to focus on\u00a0anything that is not, in the short term, going to increase profits or reduce costs.\u00a0 People are really beginning to understand what is meant by an &#8216;uncertain future&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>And this makes it just the right time to re-double your investment in engaging your employees in shaping the &#8216;uncertain future&#8217; of your organisation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It takes time, commimtment and courage to really engage people in the process &#8211; but, as the economist Paul Romer said\u00a0&#8220;a crisis is a terrible thing to waste&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Some thoughts on Best City outcomes\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/07\/05\/some-thoughts-on-best-city-outcomes\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Some thoughts on Best City outcomes<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Getting to Grips with Social Finance &#8211; FREE TRAINING\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/06\/12\/getting-to-grips-with-social-finance-free-training\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Getting to Grips with Social Finance &#8211; FREE TRAINING<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Inward Investment &#8211; What&#8217;s the problem?\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/05\/01\/inward-investment-a-dummies-guide\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Inward Investment &#8211; What&#8217;s the problem?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Why I am not Celebrating Job Creation by the Supermarkets\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/03\/20\/why-i-am-not-celebrating-job-creation-by-the-supermarkets\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Why I am not Celebrating Job Creation by the Supermarkets<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Paul Seabright on The Supply of Shirts\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/02\/12\/paul-seabright-on-the-supply-of-shirts-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Paul Seabright on The Supply of Shirts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It can be a tough time to try to get an organisation to focus on\u00a0anything that is not, in the short term, going to increase profits or reduce costs.\u00a0 People are really beginning to understand what is meant by an &#8216;uncertain future&#8217;. And this makes it just the right time to re-double your investment in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[32,123],"class_list":["post-549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-leadership","category-management","tag-change","tag-management","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}