What this is
Announcement, integration and the internal message that lands first whatever the plan says. Three audiences receive the news simultaneously and each interprets it differently.
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Where it sits
Listing, reporting and the quarters in between.
Frequently asked
As close to simultaneously with the market as regulation allows, and never after. The gap is where trust is lost.
That needs its own prepared communication. Failed transactions handled badly damage standing more than the failure itself.
The chief executive, in person where possible. Announcements delegated to communications read as evasive.
Internal communication reaches staff before the press release lands, through rumour if not by design. Sequence for that reality rather than against it.
Announcement communication is the easy half. Sustained internal communication through integration determines whether the people you acquired stay.
Deals leak. A prepared holding statement and a decision owner turn a leak into a manageable day instead of a scramble.
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