“Addressing the roller-coaster ride of issues and emotions inherent in keeping talent is a difficult to manage process – people are involved!”
Though talent is usually at the top of the list of strategic objectives at the start of a merger, it rarely is still there at the end. This article describes different ways to not only keep that top talent, but to use a merger as an opportunity to multiply talent. The acquisition of Eagle Star by Zurich Financial Services and the Merck/Schering-Plough merger are discussed.