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Fortune
Eamon Barrett

How an incoming CEO can earn the trust of legacy employees

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Change can be unnerving. For employees, when a company is acquired by or merged with another, the change in ownership is often a fraught time filled with uncertainty while staff await their new management. Questions swirl over whether the change in ownership will mean a change in corporate culture or a loss of employment. 

The first challenge for the new owner coming in to lead the legacy team is to navigate those concerns and get employees on board with the company’s new direction.

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