Problem: Imagine that you are a lead I/O psychology consultant who was recently contacted by an international organization that is acquiring a smaller, regional company in the United States. The CEO of the U.S. company has identified several challenges: resistance, absenteeism, decreased motivation, and growing fear and hostility towards the new company's international counterpart employees. In your role as lead, I/O psychology consultant, you assemble a consulting team to work with the client organization to address the challenges.
As the leader of this high-performance consultant team, reflect on the strengths and backgrounds of your team members. With this in mind, develop 2-3 specific recommendations to address each of the challenges-resistance, absenteeism, decreased motivation, and growing fear and hostility towards the new company's international counterpart employees. Prepare a memo to the CEO that includes your recommendations for addressing each challenge and your rationale for why the recommendations would be effective.