Marks thinks we can. In an interview with Fast Company, Marks shared his insights into how to play your part in a mandatory casting call for merged employees. Consider him the playwright who's trying to rewrite a better ending for the drama, The Merger. Where smart players discover that their work life may not be in jeopardy. Most people overreact when they hear that their company is tying the corporate knot with a longtime suitor.
People just assume the worst.
Take control by reframing the situation, advises Marks. Just as your company is going through a big-time change, a merger is a natural time for you to consider a radical change of your own. Ignore for the moment that your company is merging. Mary Foley did just that. When the Netscape deal was announced, she decided that the timing was right for her to leave AOL and commit herself fully to graduate school.