Doing Less with Less

Now here's an interesting idea. I'll admit that I'm one of the kind of managers who tries to do more with less. After all, isn't that the challenge executives are always placing in front of us? And yet ... and yet ... the author of this article asks a very interesting question. When times get tough and budgets shrink, maybe it's time to pull in your horns, take better control of your operation, cut costs and improve efficiency and effectiveness. Then when growth returns -- boom! -- you're good to go.