HR Director and Author Instructs Premier M&A Training Academy Course News provided by Share this article Klint Kendrick, Director of HR Strategic Workforce Initiatives at SC Johnson and author of The HR Practioner's Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions, is instructing an M&A Science Academy course titled "Making the Most of Your Employee Announcements". The course curriculum includes a variety of sections: key events that would call for an employee announcement, dealing with stress and uncertainty, and what three questions you must answer during an employee announcement. Course participants will learn about best practices for announcement day, how to help others understand what is fair, and identifying and handling negative sentiments in the workplace.