Road to Recovery: A Look Sector by Sector

by RaeAnne Marsh

Businesses’ first reaction to COVID-19-related disruption was to retrench and protect — actions that were, essentially, reactive. While that may have been the wisest move in the short-term, it is no way to sustain a business over the long-term.

Even businesses that were proactive in their response must adjust to new realities in the economy and the business community going forward.

In Business Magazine asked experts in the business areas of banking, bankruptcy, employment, healthcare, insurance, marketing and technology — and federal programs for small business — to share their expertise on key operational facets that business decision makers need to know about getting back to business in a world that may show marked and lasting changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

SECTOR: BANKING
Coronavirus Offers Businesses a Chance to Reset, Recharge and Rise Up (Click to Read)
Don Garner
Chief Executive Officer, Alliance Bank of Arizona

SECTOR: GOVERNMENT/FUNDING
Keeping Small Business Up and Running (Click to Read)
Robert Blaney
District Director, U.S. Small Business Administration, Arizona District

SECTOR: HEALTHCARE
Navigating a New Normal: Focusing on Mental Health in the Time of Pandemic (Click to Read)
Kim Shepard
Market President for Arizona, Cigna

SECTOR: INSURANCE
Hardening in the Insurance Market (Click to Read)
Charles A. Touché
Chief Executive Officer, Lovitt & Touché, A Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC Company

SECTOR: LEGAL – BANKRUPTCY
Bankruptcy in a Distressed Post-COVID-19 World (Click to Read)
Cathy L. Reece
Director, Fennemore Craig (Financial Restructuring practice group)

SECTOR: LEGAL – EMPLOYMENT
Pandemic Presents Learning Opportunities for Employers (Click to Read)
Helen Holden
Of Counsel, Spencer Fane LLP

SECTOR: MARKETING
The Shifting Landscape of Marketing (Click to Read)
Martijn Pierik
CEO and Managing Partner, Kiterocket (Phoenix)
Rebecca Mosley
Managing Partner, Kiterocket (Seattle)