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Barbarians at the Gates

April 23, 2020 by Chris Lockhart

You are under pressure to cut cost. Your consultants are gone. You’re on your own. Leadership is banging on the door. How do you make justifiable decisions on these reductions?
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Don’t Stop the World

April 20, 2020 by Chris Lockhart

Don’t worry. Don’t panic. Use the crisis as a pretext for taking bold, dramatic action to improve your business and set your capabilities on new, improved footing. Emerge from the crisis stronger than you were when it began.
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