May 13, 2004

Is M & A an acronym for job loss?
Posted by cmoor@keystoneassociates.com">Colin Moor at 10:16 PM -

Our economy is slowly getting some positive momentum. Profits are up, hiring is increasing and M & A season is upon us.

When news of a merger or acquisition breaks, anxieties escalate in the organization involved.

"There are real reasons to be anxious in certain kinds of mergers,"says Susan Maloney Meyer, chief executive officer of Arc Leadership, an executive-coaching firm in Chicago. "the key is to turn that anxiety into something positive and really use it."

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