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Resizing The Organization 8. This book seeks to provide executives with useful insights, tools, guidelines, principles, and lessons learned about organizational transition and change. | Who Moved My Drink 51 before a deal was announced. We continued to do so throughout the organization until the time of closure. The emphasis of the activities shifted over time in line with the evolving reality. We allowed the employees to select the sessions that were most applicable to their specific situations. The leadership initiative LEAP Leadership Enhancement and Acceleration Process for employees with high potential was continued but refocused to help people understand their leadership skills in the context of leading change. In parallel functional training sessions were continued where they had been going on before the announcement occurred. We communicated openly with employees that the prime purpose of all training efforts was now shifting toward furthering their personal capabilities. Communication At the learning event the HR and communications functions had agreed to make a substantial investment in the communication area. This proposal found immediate response from the leaders whose style had become more open over the past three years. In addition to the regular face-to-face meetings organized by line managers and their HR representative the number of management meetings increased including numerous question-and-answer sessions in line with the needs of the regions or local organizations. Frequent e-mail messages were distributed. The quarterly company magazine Premier was discontinued and replaced by Premier in Brief a more regular written update on the sale of SSWG and important developments. This newsletter was published every four to six weeks and answered questions submitted by a feedback button on SSWG s Intranet. An annoying obstacle to speedy communication was that all official messages had to be cleared first by attorneys from all the parties involved. We did not find a satisfactory way around this problem except for the many face-to-face sessions we conducted. As the waiting for the closure dragged on we introduced Radio Seagram regular .