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investigated all other options. Be sure to
investigate what government help there
might be, talk to suppliers about deferring
payments or come to an agreement about
a repayment plan. Whatever it is you do,
try and keep those people employed for
as long as you can. There are several good
reasons for this: it shows good leadership
within the industry; that you value and
care about your staff; and that you are
willing to invest in them long term, despite
challenges such as these. itself further down the line. In my role
as Chair, I am constantly meeting with
colleagues and peers to talk about the
difficulty of getting people on board with
the right kind of skills. You must question
whether you want to add to the problem
by getting rid of all those people with great
knowledge of your organisation. Of course,
you don’t, because when your business
improves and starts picking up again you
want to be there taking advantage and hit
the ground running with all the resources
you need when that starting gun is fired.
So, hold onto people for as long as you
can, get whatever grants you can or loan
deferrals there are available because this
will subside and you need those people
who know what you want to increase your
business and succeed.
As previously mentioned, it is likely there
will be a huge amount of work presenting I hope that you, your family, colleagues
and business remain healthy. ◊
Whether it’s the cleaning company, security or plant maintenance
in the data centre, it is vital that you understand what they’re
doing to maintain the services they provide to you.
preparing industry insight, writing articles,
blogs and whitepapers or even improving
your skills by taking online training
courses. It is understandable that lots of
plans are currently on hold but there will
inevitably come a point where demand will
suddenly increase, so the better prepared
you are, the more likely you are to benefit.
7) Only make people redundant as
a very last resort
My final point is a plea not to fire or make
people redundant until you absolutely
must and until you have seriously
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