COVID-19: Pivoting to Recovery and Sustainable Growth

As owners of small- and medium-sized businesses are adjusting to economic changes from the COVID-19 pandemic, faculty from the University of Washington Foster School of Business are offering 7 workshops to help businesses pivot to new opportunities. Please join us for all of them or just a few as your schedule permits. Advance registration is required, see link below. The series occurs every Wednesday at 5:30pm until June 24th.

Negotiating with Employees, Vendors, and Other Business Partners – June 3 – Elizabeth Umphress, Associate Professor of Management. As employees, consumers, businesses and governments manage through the crisis, business owners will need to re-negotiate written and unwritten contracts ranging from employee sick leave to rent payment and from payments from corporate customers to loan terms with creditors. This workshop will help business owners to hone their negotiating skills.

Registration

Space is limited and advance registration is required. Registration deadline is 11:00 AM Pacific Time each Wednesday and a link to Zoom session will be sent to all registered participants on Wednesday afternoons.