{"id":20952,"date":"2008-10-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/global2020prd.wpengine.com\/insights\/training-in-a-downturn-time-to-get-organized\/"},"modified":"2020-03-21T08:35:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T08:35:28","slug":"training-in-a-downturn-time-to-get-organized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/insights\/training-in-a-downturn-time-to-get-organized\/","title":{"rendered":"Training in a downturn &#8211; time to get organized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the global recession tightens (or maybe it doesn&#8217;t) and we all cut back (or expand) business is good (or bad). It is schizophrenic to be a businessman these days.<\/p>\n<p>Underlying business has been good in 2008 but many of our clients are now starting to feel the year end pinch &#8211; is it worse than usual or the start of a prolonged downturn &#8211; its hard to say but the signs are not good as the credit crisis works through to the real economy.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless we have been here before with the tech crash, recessions, 9\/11 and SARS and we know that someone is always doing well &#8211; and that good companies use a downturn as an opportunity to get organized and update their skills.<\/p>\n<p>In a downturn people costs always come under pressure; here is how we can help:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/how-we-deliver\/speed-lead-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Speed Lead training<\/a> can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/virtual-teams\/save-a-day-a-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">save\u00a0a day per week<\/a> of unproductive time, make people more effective and increase job satisfaction by cutting out unnecessary cooperation and communication.<\/li>\n<li>We can help you increase effective control through managed decentralization rather than head office dictat.<\/li>\n<li>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/virtual-team-leadership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">managing without travel<\/a> program can help you continue to get things done when the travel budget is cut. If people are not so busy with travel they often have more time for development &#8211; use it wisely<\/li>\n<li>Many organizations react to downturns by increasing business integration and sharing resources at a regional and global level &#8211; if you need the skills to deal with more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/global-working-training\/account-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">complex organization structures<\/a> please let us know.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When people feel insecure and trust is low you can win a lot of hearts and minds by continuing to invest in their development.<\/p>\n<p>Why not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact us<\/a> and see how you can develop your way through the downturn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Training in a downturn &#8211; time to get organized<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","type-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Training in a downturn - time to get organized - Global Integration<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Training in a downturn - time to get organized\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/insights\/training-in-a-downturn-time-to-get-organized\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Training in a downturn - time to get organized\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Training in a downturn - time to get organized\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/insights\/training-in-a-downturn-time-to-get-organized\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Global Integration\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-10-21T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-03-21T08:35:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kevan Hall\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kevan Hall\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.global-integration.com\\\/insights\\\/training-in-a-downturn-time-to-get-organized\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.global-integration.com\\\/insights\\\/training-in-a-downturn-time-to-get-organized\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kevan Hall\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.global-integration.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3ad6577af9c33612e410fbcdc3ff2a9a\"},\"headline\":\"Training in a downturn &#8211; 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