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May 2, 2022 at 10:58 am #58952
Nicoletta
MemberHi there,
how to keep people engaged for the “long run” after integration?
Stock options and generous variable compensation are perhaps a way for executives and directors, what about the majority of the team?
Here are 3 initiatives that I found useful:
– Innovation contest. Allow everyone to share their ideas on how to innovate company products / services and rewards the top 3.
– Functional town hall meetings. Some representatives of the board, together with the function leader, meet all the people from one function (ex. Finance, Customer Service) and take questions
– Talent management | Career Progression Plans. They need to be defined and followed upWhat do you think ?
What else works?Thanks!
May 2, 2022 at 11:00 pm #58969Greg Jessup
MemberAlong the lines of talent management our company offers a Manager In Training program and a Talent From Within program. I have found that if we can identify those high potential employees early on and bring them into the training programs it sets the tone across the newco. Not only do the individuals benefit from newfound opportunity, the other employees see it and this speaks volumes.
May 15, 2022 at 2:02 pm #59290Sandeep Kumar Ruhela
MemberI think, communication is the first step and there are ways to keep workforce and managers engaged through positive communication about new change. There can be usual townhalls, focus groups, idea contests and work force exchange programs etc.
May 30, 2022 at 6:54 am #59876Woon Pheng Ong
MemberEnsure alignment to the merged entity mission and vision. Once the purpose of the organization and its people are aligned, individuals will naturally be engaged. Perhaps what may help is to define peoples roles and responsibilities clearly, and reward them on clearly defined KPIs.
May 30, 2022 at 9:14 pm #59955Jeff Christiansen
MemberUltimately people need to feel like they have a better future with the new Co than elsewhere. I’d focus less on “immediate” moves to engage employees and more on what the new Co can do 1 year + to make employees want to stay.
May 31, 2022 at 3:16 am #59964caroline dussault
MemberBesides the fact that they need to be integrated in the existing programs and have change management initiatives to support the merger, I have come to notice that, some of what we see as the smaller actions have an impact. For instance, to rapidly stop refering to the group as ’employees from X’ has quite an impact. For the buyer, the team as been in the project for many weeks to many months, we are so used to refering to them using the project name and/or the target’s name and it is a behavior that needs to change right away to not have the Us VS Them situations when merging the teams.
June 8, 2022 at 11:28 am #60254David Widmer
MemberIn the end, people will ask themselves “what’s in it for me”. Good communciation on the ongoing integration process must include potential answer(s) to this question.
June 11, 2022 at 9:08 am #60357Lindsey LeClair
MemberAutonomy and working relationships that are based on mutual trust and respect.
June 28, 2022 at 3:01 pm #61269Alison Wills
MemberCommunication is key to keeping people engaged after integration. Townhalls with regular updates on how the acquisition is performing post integration is a good tool.
August 13, 2022 at 3:11 am #64793Boon Hean Lee
MemberCommunication is definitely key in keeping people engaged post-integration but it would be great if we could take a step further to understand the employee’s concerns, and put a proper plan in place for handling cultural integration.
–August 16, 2022 at 10:17 pm #65595Jeff Christiansen
MemberI have found these to be effective: 1). closer communication with managers about what the future could look like; 2) more regular team-building events; 3) regular communication from the PMO about how the integration is going and what behaviors raise the odds of success for each employee staying on board.
August 25, 2022 at 8:54 am #67311Camille Louhichi
MemberHonest and credible sharing of information periodically after an integration is important to keep employees interested. I think it would be important to place KPIs for the merged company and for each employees to meet due to the successful integration to make sure they keep growing and create value. This can also be done with incentives like promotion paths, more training opportunities, potential for secondment abroad etc. More opportunities within the firm can help employees feel it was for the benefit fo all this M&A.
August 25, 2022 at 5:47 pm #67384Ryan Dawkins
MemberPeople have to believe they are adding value and play an important role in their new company which is the same as the people that were already with you. A tactical activity we do is establish an ambassador for location, typically geographic, who is responsible for maintaining communication and engagement with larger enterprise and gauging how people in their area handling the change.
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