Working with neurotics or ostriches will do you great harm, because they don't deal in reality. The computer industry, trucking, some financial industries, marketing and advertising will do well and prosper, says Tony Keyes, author of The Year 2000 Computer Crisis. Keep a healthy capital reserve to be your sustenance if you have to wait months for receivables. A side benefit is that if you're able to pay your bills on time, you can buy priority service. Employees are also essential to your success.
Good management forecasts chaos and then educates and informs.
It's mush easier to minimize a negative impact when the what-ifs are discussed before, not during or after. Folks will hang in there and do what has to be done if they believe management is on top of the problem instead of under it. Whatever you do, don't overreact, and don't underestimate the what-ifs. Sue Mackey, of The Mackey Group, is a business consultant, columnist and lecturer.