Reorganization Announcement

Write an internal announcement for a reorganization. People should learn what happens to their work and their manager, not a slogan. CHANGE What is changing: [TEAMS, NAMES, MANDATES] When it takes effect: [DATE] Why, in the real reason I can say: [REASON] Who gets a new manager: [GROUPS] Roles being eliminated: [YES — THOSE CONVERSATIONS ALREADY HAPPENED? | NO] What is not changing: [LIST] Where questions go: [PERSON OR FORUM, AND WHEN] What I do not know yet: [LIST] WRITE 1) The all-hands note, under 400 words. Lead with what changes for a typical person. Name the date. Separate facts from intentions. 2) A manager version with the extra lines they need: how to talk to their team today, and what they must not improvise. 3) A FAQ of 6 questions I should expect, with answers only where I gave facts. Where I did not, the answer is "not decided, update on [DATE]" rather than a soothing guess. 4) The sentence that will sound like spin. Rewrite it or cut it. If layoffs are part of this and the people have not been told privately, stop and say the announcement is the wrong first step.