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• Internal Communications Forum: How we learn...

  THE UNDERGROUND -- We have just had another one of those brilliant planning days. I mean that. You know how a typical planning day is like doing you taxes... by committee?! This wasn't like that. We never make these things easy. We covered everything Read More... Posted 11 April 2008 10:08 by David Ferrabee | (Comments Off) Filed under: Change Management, Conferences, M & A, New business, marketing, selling

• "The merger was a mistake".... And it's anyone's fault but mine

  NUMBER 14 BUS -- This morning I read that Citigroup have post-merger remorse . Maybe it wasn't a good deal after all? The $166B merger that was roundly approved and hailed as the sign of great things to come 10 years ago. I call this the business equivalent Read More... Posted 04 April 2008 09:35 by David Ferrabee | (Comments Off) Filed under: Internal communications, Change Management, M & A

• Talking to other people's employees

  OVER FRANCE -- I will admit it. I am kind of obsessed with private equity firms. Scott and Charlotte are looking at how me might approach them, but I get excited about the communication challenges they face. The first one I followed closely was the Canadian Read More... Posted 14 September 2007 08:49 by David Ferrabee | 2 Comments Filed under: Strategy, CEO, Change Management, M & A, involvement, Engagement, motivation, morale

• First edition - Collectors' Item

  LONDON -- You may have seen that I said I'd be publishing a book a few months ago . Well, it's ready. You can buy it right now by clicking here . It is over 200 pages. Fully indexed. It includes the 180+ blogs that I have written here over the last 2 Read More... Posted 23 August 2007 20:41 by David Ferrabee | 2 Comments Filed under: Leadership, Culture, Consulting, People management, Middle East, Internal communications, Change Management, M & A, involvement, Engagement, social media, Technology, motivation, etc., morale

• Internal brand & the line between you & your company

  OVER THE ATLANTIC -- Seated in seat 3B, the seat beside me, is a guy with an iron filings goatee and an Iron Maiden t-shirt. He's got a new tattoo that he keeps licking and scraping. It's his software company logo -- just above the wrist on his right Read More... Posted 20 August 2007 15:10 by David Ferrabee | 2 Comments Filed under: Culture, Change Management, M & A, involvement, Engagement, motivation, morale

• Prioritise: Make yourself redundant

  BLANDFORD, NOVA SCOTIA -- What am I doing in here at the kitchen table, when the sun is setting over the Atlantic Ocean and the Chester Basin out the French doors on the balcony? Two reasons, I guess. One is that I am having trouble weening myself off Read More... Posted 10 August 2007 00:17 by David Ferrabee | 1 Comments Filed under: Strategy, Consulting, People management, Change Management, M & A, New business, involvement, Engagement, marketing, motivation, selling, morale

• Mega-mergers: Corus & Tata

  DOHA -- It's been about six or seven years since we had those mergers that made your heart stop. Chrysler and who? Glaxo and who? Warner and what? And many years later not all of those look like a great idea. But they are back in season again. GM is doing Read More... Posted 04 March 2007 17:51 by David Ferrabee | (Comments Off) Filed under: Strategy, Engagement, involvement, morale, motivation, People management, M & A

• P.S. We fired them all

  LONDON -- No one likes to be the barer of bad news. But that's no excuse for the consistently horrible way that redundancies are communicated. A reduction in force... Corporate synergies... A big restructuring... Rationalisation... Inefficiencies... "You Read More... Posted 26 February 2007 09:00 by David Ferrabee | 3 Comments Filed under: Strategy, Engagement, involvement, morale, motivation, Consulting, People management, Internal communications, Change Management, M & A