Dealing with the Downturn: Managing a Team Through a Crisis

Morale, motivation, and wellbeing

Dec 13th | 14:00 GMT

Managing a team through an economic crisis comes with a long list of challenges. From budget cuts to deteriorating morale, the pressures of a crunch can quickly evolve into a tricky balancing act. For scaling businesses, that challenge includes growing teams against the backdrop of a volatile talent market.

So, how should businesses support staff through difficult times? What are some of the core challenges of motivating a team through a crisis? And how can you ensure the business continues to grow, while the economy slows down?

On December 13th at 14:00 GMT, we take a people-first approach, and discuss how to manage teams through an economic crisis. We’ll discuss how to motivate morale-strapped teams, scale amidst budget cuts, and deal with downsizing. You’ll come away with a clear vision as to how to support your team through the worst, and come out the other side.

Discover the full Dealing with the Downturn series here.

Fiona Campbell
Senior Solicitor at Stephenson Law

With over 14 years of specialising in employment law, Fiona is a talented senior solicitor well versed in an array of matters impacting employers and employees alike. Working as part of Stephenson Law's employment team, Fiona balances a commercial approach with an empathic underpinning, ensuring our clients are met with an extremely high standard of service.

In addition to supporting clients with day to day employment matters, Fiona is experienced with high-value tribunal proceedings, multi-million-pound acquisitions, and immigration matters.

Chieu Cao
CEO and Founder at Mintago

Chieu Cao is the CEO & Founder of Mintago - an FCA-regulated, unbiased financial wellbeing platform. Mintago helps employees take control of their financial life by providing the tools to find all their past pensions and manage contributions towards their current pension, as well as providing financial planning tools supported by free access to financial advisers, debt counselling, saving and education programmes.

Chieu is also the co-founder of Perkbox, Europe's fastest-growing employee experience platform.

Will Beaton
Head of People at MyTutor

Will Beaton is Head of People at MyTutor the UK's largest tutoring company looking to provide life-changing tutoring for all. So far their tutors have delivered over 1 million lessons, received over 250k 5-star reviews from parents and students, and have partnered with 1000 schools across the UK. They've grown from 50 to 250+ employees in the last 2 years, achieving ambitious targets in the process.