Change | Managing Employees

How to Manage Employees In Mergers & Acquisitions

Change always needs to be managed and especially during a merger or acquisition. Merger & acquisitions at best combines the resources to create a stronger business; at worst, if not done correctly can impact the success of the business. Combining separate cultures requires an extensive knowledge around how to best integrate the separate business entities. As a manager, how can you contribute to the success of the new business?

I found this article in Businessworld, “Managing Employees During Company Mergers & Acquisitions” by Sachin Adhikari.

Do You Know How To Keep Your Employees Happy?

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Managers know that a happy employee is more productive and less likely to leave. So what makes an employee happy?

Work that is challenging
Transparent communication around what is happening in the company
Treat them with respect in your interactions
Be a strong manager, who is willing to lead, tell the truth and find solutions to their work issues
Listen to them
Build in fun into the workplace helps them disengage from just working
Recognition, recognition, recognition

These are some of the actions that build a workplace that enhances employee’s engagement and happiness with their work.

Managing Your Emotions

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In today’s fast paced world, business is demanding and managing employees can be stressful. Whether you are an experienced manager or just starting out on the management route, monitoring your emotions is critical.

It’s tempting to harshly let an employee know when they are not performing in the way you expect. You will never gain anything from acting on that impulse. Instead think in terms of managing your emotions.

On StartUpSmart.com.au they have an article”Take a Few Deep Breaths” that simply states stepping back and thinking before reacting:

Are You a Healthy Manager

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Managers are juggling business deliverables as well as keeping employees happy and productive. How do you take care of yourself?

Since you have a lot to do, it’s important to also focus on your health. The more healthy you are the likelihood you will be more productive. You will also emulate to your employees that their health is important.

“How Your Health Affects Productivity” on ManagingPeopleAtWork.com provides concise and simple guidelines to help you concentrate on your health.

Do You Encourage Cross Department Collaboration?

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Most of us have tunnel vision and believe that what we do is more important than what another person contributes. Customer Support feels that they make the company successful because they keep the customers happy. It’s true, they do. Yet the department is one of many other contributers who make up the whole…a successful company.

Without development, sales, marketing, finance, human resources, Customer Support may not have customers.

It’s important to be passionate about what you bring to the department, yet, step across the hallway and find out what the other important players of the company are doing.

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