Review
Anthony Holmes' sparkling wit, timely advice and practical tips were like rays of sunlight through the clouds. There may be stormy times ahead, but I am sure, Anthony's excellent navigation tips, will help steer entrepreneurs into safe water.Upon meeting Anthony I completely re-organised the Entrepreneurs Conference I was organising, to feature him as a keynote speaker. As a former head of Features for Sky News I was most impressed that someone with such a strong business turnaround background could speak so engagingly to business people on all levels. It is my experience that most good talkers aren't particularly great in business and that most great businessmen fall short in the speaking stakes. Not so with Anthony - he definitely is the exception. --Joanne Sawicki, media entrepreneur, conference organiser and television producer
Product Description
"What shall we do as managers operating in unstable times when the reassurance we desire is absent and the uncertainty of today promises an unpredictable tomorrow?"Corporate management teams are living through the Chinese curse of 'may you live in interesting times' as they contemplate their exposure both directly and indirectly to the almost unprecedented turbulence in the global markets.In his ?rst book, turnaround specialist Anthony Holmes explains how to approach management in turbulent operating conditions and what to do if your company encounters distress. It is based around his 7 key rules of crisis management, which are:1. Obtain multiple opinions in the decision-making process2. Retain close control over the implementation of policy3. Reduce time pressure4. Limit objectives5. Maintain flexible options6. Understand the nature and potential behaviour of the adversary7. Maintain communicationIt also looks to illuminate the dark areas that create fear of the unknown and explains how to recognise them, how to mitigate their impact, what is feasible, when to seek help and from whom.The book draws on case histories of previous crises to extract techniques relevant to today's commercial environment and identify those that may seem logical but should be avoided.The intention is to prevent management from having to begin at the bottom of the learning curve and try to rediscover under pressure those techniques and processes that have been irrelevant and forgotten in the years since the last systemic crisis.
