How to keep the impacts of mergers or acquisitions on your people to a minimum

Mergers and acquisitions can be fraught with challenges that are often exacerbated by a focus on process and financials rather than people. Here are six ideas that could help leaders and managers to keep tensions down…

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Do you know the true costs involved when organisational change doesn't go the way you planned?

Sometimes, we need to hear real-life stories of the unintended and unplanned consequences of organisational change going wrong, to understand how to do things better. Here’s a very personal story that illustrates how the simplest thing that hasn’t been considered, can have a big knock-on effect.

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I really don’t agree with a decision, but I need to lead my team through it. What do I do?

When leaders really don’t agree with a decision that’s driving change, but have to lead their team through it, there can be a feeling of conflict. Asking ourselves a few questions and exploring what’s behind those feelings can help us to support our team better.

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Five ways to help make conversations for change better for everyone involved

There’s a heap of change happening in organisations right now, from mergers or acquisitions to restructures and redundancies. From conversations I’ve had over the last few weeks, here are a few ideas to help leaders make discussions around change easier for everyone involved.

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