Advice : Managing in a recessionary environment

Franz-Josef Dr. Seidensticker
November 18, 2022

Franz-Josef Seidensticker is a Boardwave Patron and today writes this guest blog for us in support of businesses managing through the current economic environment

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Franz-Josef is an accomplished executive with over 30 years of global experience gained in management, boards, and strategy consulting.

Having spent 30 years at Bain & Company, Franz-Josef held several senior and distinguished roles during this time, including: core member of Bain’s global Board of Directors, Managing Director of Bain Germany/CH for 10 years, a senior member of the firm’s executive team in EMEA, and Chairman of Bain EMEA Emerging Markets. He is NED of proAlpha, and a Boardwave Patron.

Franz-Josef :

While most s/w companies did relatively well in the pandemic, especially compared to many industrial manufacturers, they are now facing challenges of a similar magnitude due to the current macro-economic outlook.

I was reminded of an article that I co-authored and felt there were interesting insights that might remain valuable to s/w companies CEOs and management teams in todays expected pan European and global recession.

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November 18, 2022

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