Small Business – Big Crisis; how to prepare for, respond to and recover from a business crisis

Book Author Bronwyn Reid
Rights Available World excl. Australia

When the next crisis comes, will you freeze – or flourish?

Global pandemics. Raging bushfires. The death of a loved one. Severe floods. Stock market crashes. Sudden illness. It seems that we no sooner get through one crisis when we’re faced with another.

That is exactly what does happen, and businesses will continue to be buffeted by such crises. Whether personal or international, a crisis can have devastating consequences for a small business. This book is a timely, practical guide to preparing for, surviving, and coming out the other side of a crisis – with your business and sanity intact.

25+ years’ experience as a small business owner, Bronwyn Reid has experienced many economic booms and busts, natural disasters, and personal crises that can derail a small business. She shares the vital lessons learned along the way and outlines the actions you can take to ensure your business weathers any storm.

• Explore the history of boom and bust
• Learn the SEVEN KEY QUESTIONS you must ask yourself to build resilient businesses
• Understand the TEN STEPS of dealing with a crisis – without freezing
• Discover the opportunities that develop from a crisis, and how to seize them
• Investigate the ways we can all do business better in the future

Whether you’ve already experienced a business crisis, or whether you’re looking to future-proof your venture, Small Company, Big Crisis will help you confront the inevitable, protect your business (and yourself), and grow stronger as a result.

Awards
2021 Australian Business Book Awards – Best Audiobook, (finalist) Best Cover Design

About the Author
Bronwyn Reid is a small business owner and entrepreneur who specialises in helping small businesses grow by taking on contracts with large organisations. She has a lifetime of experience in attracting, winning, and retaining work with agribusiness operations of supplying to large organisations; and supplying to national and international companies, and all levels of government for over 25 years. Bronwyn has also seen and experienced the economic booms and busts, natural disasters and personal crises that can derail – or be fatal to – a small business. This book compiles her experience and the vital lessons she has learned about preparing for, negotiating, and exiting from such crises with your business and your sanity intact.