We examine best practices and examples from companies that have achieved successful employee communications before, during, and after a merger.

Topics covered:

• communications strategy
• reducing employee fears and anxieties
• the processes and content of merger communications
• communicators and their responsibilities
• communications media
• long-term communications 

Special features:

• incorporates results of two surveys administered to senior executives at companies that had recently undergone M&As and an additional survey on change management
• "What to Do When" from Lucent Technologies Manager's Transition Toolkit
• suggestions on communicating via the web