The staff was especially impressed with your knowledge and insights of where we are in the change process, and they appreciated your helping us to recognize and deal with our feeling toward the changes that have taken place during the past months. I look forward to working with you again in the future. Provide avenues for input to the management structure with the caveat that the director will have the final say. Ask for feedback from those employees who will be directly affected. Develop a newsletter to address the concerns as they arise.
Management is considered by line staff to be an expense.
Once the management structure has been defined, allow for focus group feedback on how to implement the new structure. Allow staff to state their concerns and try to address those concerns. Give feedback to the director when asked. Volunteer to work on a transition team. Concentrate on doing your job to the best of your ability.