---
title: Leadership Practices in Down Economic Conditions - FutureSolve.com
description: Common responses to economic downturn are typified by survival mode, control, and panic. The leadership response to economic downturn utilizes a different perspective characterized by opportunity, involvement, and focus.
---

[Default HubSpot Blog](https://info.futuresolve.com/blog)

# [Leadership Practices in Down Economic Conditions - FutureSolve.com](https://info.futuresolve.com/blog/leadership-practices-in-down-economic-conditions)

 Written by [Jonathan Webster](https://info.futuresolve.com/blog/author/jonathan-webster) | Sep 1, 2020, 3:56:51 PM

## Common Response to Economic Downturn

 

1. Survival Mode
2. Control
3. Panic

 

## Leadership Response to Economic Downturn

 

1. Opportunity
2. Involvement
3. Focus

 

## Survival Tactics

1. We Have to Stay Afloat
2. Eliminate headcount
3. Decrease Development I Training
4. Control Expenses

## Impact

1. Employee cynicism
2. Sacrifice long-term growth capacity

 

## Leadership Approach

1. Opportunity to Improve Efficiency
2. Upgrade the workforce, manage out poor performers
3. Focus on strategic cost-cutting – process re-engineering vs. paper clip counting

## Impact

1. Employee commitment
2. Sustained long-term growth capacity

 

[View full post](https://info.futuresolve.com/blog/leadership-practices-in-down-economic-conditions)

```json
{
  "@context" : "http://schema.org",
  "@type" : "BlogPosting",
  "author" : {
    "@type" : "Person",
    "name" : "Jonathan Webster"
  },
  "dateModified" : "2021-09-14T19:31:01.721Z",
  "datePublished" : "2020-09-01T15:56:51Z",
  "headline" : "Leadership Practices in Down Economic Conditions",
  "image" : {
    "@type" : "ImageObject",
    "height" : 512,
    "url" : "https://f.hubspotusercontent40.net/hubfs/8232042/Imported_Blog_Media/Leadership-Practice-in-Down-Economic-Conditions-FutureSolve.png",
    "width" : 1024
  },
  "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://info.futuresolve.com/blog/leadership-practices-in-down-economic-conditions",
  "publisher" : {
    "@type" : "Organization",
    "logo" : {
      "@type" : "ImageObject",
      "height" : 60,
      "url" : "/hs/hsstatic/content_shared_assets/static-1.4092/img/default-amp-logo.png",
      "width" : 60
    },
    "name" : "Default HubSpot Blog"
  }
}
```