Managing Talent in a Bear Market
London Stock Exchange
7th October 2008
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When the economic downturn currently impacting the Financial Services sector spreads into the wider economy, many more companies will begin to suffer. Growth plans will become unachievable and management will instead turn their focus simply towards weathering the storm and surviving until the upturn comes. Business plans will have to be reworked to reflect more difficult trading conditions. And when trading conditions deteriorate, the true strengths and weaknesses of company business models become apparent. Highly leveraged private equity backed businesses will be vulnerable, but so to will be the whole spectrum of publicly and privately owned corporations.

Some private equity firms specialise in turnaround situations, managing businesses through critical periods where survival is not guaranteed. What can be learnt by mainstream businesses from the recovery strategies they implement? How does the recent focus amongst Talent Managers on nurturing, personal development and lifestyle issues fit with an environment in which many employees will simply be relieved still to have a job?

The aim of this event is to offer a practical insight into how to steer your people through the change that is needed and to provide practical advice to HR professionals who haven't experienced a real bear market before. It will also cover the legal restrictions applying to any form of restructuring, how to maintain morale and the talent you desperately need to keep in order to profit in the upturn and when you might need to consider bringing in outside help to make these changes.