Mr Milton: Concentrate a great deal of your efforts on your most valuable asset: your people. They have taken the brunt of the merger and need to know that they are the most important aspect in the success of your venture. Mergers have failed, not because of a lack of a good plan, but because insufficient attention was paid to valuing the most precious ressource a company has: its people. Communicate with ...value your staff... make them part of your dream... and you will succeed.