Employee Communication During Mergers
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Publication Date:
June 2000 -
Report Number:
R-1270-00-RR
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