CHAPTER 10
How to Tell Your Team That Organizational Change Is Coming
From time to time, every leader has to deliver news that is hard for employees to hear. Even when businesses are doing well, organizational and structural change is to be expected, and acquisitions, reorganizations, policy changes, or technological advancements can affect people’s jobs in ways that create feelings of fear, anger, or sorrow. Each employee wonders, “How will this change affect me?” or assumes, “Oh, this won’t be good! How am I going to get my work done?”
Announcements like these can be daunting. And they go awry if the message is insufficiently planned or poorly delivered. But by attending to the following crucial components, leaders can be ready ...
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