Ready for spring? The recovery mindset

Gary Naumann is an entrepreneur and director of the Spirit of Enterprise Center at the W. P. Carey School of Business. He oversees the Spirit of Enterprise Awards, putting him in contact with about 250 companies every year and giving him an up close view of the ways companies have coped through these down times. With green sprouts of recovery slowly beginning to appear, we asked him what businesses should be doing now to be ready for the comeback.

Gary Naumann is an entrepreneur and director of the Spirit of Enterprise Center at the W. P. Carey School of Business. He oversees the Spirit of Enterprise Awards, putting him in contact with about 250 companies every year that are nominated for the awards. The award application is comprehensive, and goes beyond the numbers to uncover the stories of business success. Naumann’s own business experience combined with his work at the Spirit center has given him an up close view of the ways companies have coped through these down times. With green sprouts of recovery slowly beginning to appear, we asked him what businesses should be doing now to be ready for the comeback. [podcast] Read more:   Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce -- "The Economy is Improving: Now What?"