Self-management, leading and motivating others for optimal performance in economic recession

Abstract

Secretarial Professionals are accustomed to handling crises of all shapes, sizes and intensity. However, the difficulties that they face are augmented when economic conditions worsen. The current economic recession has caused most organizations to review their allocations of resources more critically and as a result, organizations of varying sizes have come up with different stringent measures to cope with the recession. As Secretarial Professionals try to manage the situation and keep their subordinate engaged, motivated, and appropriately trained, they face many challenges including reduced human resources, programme funding, psychological hardships for workers dealing with the crisis, and subordinates with different generational mindsets and priorities. These and numerous other difficulties make it challenging for the Secretarial Professionals to not only manage themselves and the teams under them but also ensuring that the entire organizations are adequately managed throughout recessionary period and beyond. This paper will review the unique challenges the Secretarial Professionals face in managing themselves, their subordinate and the entire organization as a result of the economic recessionary conditions. It will also provide recommendations for striving and surviving the
recession.