We’re encountering the following five comments over and over again:
“We’ve got to find innovative ways to do more with less.”
“After painful staff reductions, the morale of our remaining team is dangerously low.”
“Our team building events just don’t offer long term value.”
“We need to get ‘ahead of the curve’ before the inevitable economic turnaround.”
“We’re worried about developing key talent under tight budgets.”

We believe these are opportunities because there’s a considerable amount of third party research (example: http://alocgroup.com/knowledge-base/articles/use-downtime-enhance-skills) indicating that now is precisely the time to invest in high performing leaders, keep them on board, and prepare for the upswing that will absolutely happen. Yes, it’s painful to have to answer the tough questions and challenges, but it’s the right time and the strong will survive. We’re showing clients how they can put themselves in the win column.

I enjoy your work, keep it up!

-David