Back to Management blogIt’s a disconcerting feeling. The reassuring noises your bosses used to make about your project have stopped.
You struggle to decode the silence: does it mean that the whole thing will be shut down or is it just that head office has other preoccupations right now?
The horrible deterioration in economic conditions in many countries means that there is no shortage of managers in this situation today. On their behalf, I asked Colin Gautrey, an executive coach and author, for advice.
He recommends following four strategies that mix scenario planning, intelligence gathering and networking. It beats waiting passively for the axe to fall.
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