In my previous blog, I identified three common mindsets employees bring with them as they join a new work team after being merged or acquired: “The Ready.” Employees who get the job they wanted or expected in the combined company are usually ready to enlist in the new team. With worries about their personal fate substantially behind them, they are charged up by the challenges and opportunities of adding real value. For example, after being acquired
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One of the questions raised at last week’s Art of M&A Integration workshop had to do with “the challenge of finding adequate resources to staff the integration effort” Actually, this is probably the most often asked question. In dealing with this challenge, we need to remember……The requirements for successful merger integration are often counterintuitive to most business practices and tenets.
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Serving the M&A Community - Seeking M&A Integration Consultants
The M&A Leadership Council is routinely asked to refer experienced independent or boutique consultants and project contractors for a variety of general M&A, due diligence and integration assignments. Typical assignments are with Fortune 500 or upper mid-market acquirers with active or pending opportunities. Currently, the following prospective, project-based opportunities are being sourced.
Some Interesting M&A Data Uncovered by Mergermarket
Mergermarket has released its Global M&A trend report for the first quarter of 2014, including its league tables for financial advisors.
The M&A Leadership Council welcomes our newest partner company, Binary Tree. Recently I had a chance to speak with Steven Pivnik, CEO of Binary Tree, to get his take on the relationship and what his company does to improve M&A results.
From The Art of M&A Strategy, by Ken Smith and Alexandra Reed Lajoux, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2012
Many industries undergo periods of consolidation in which some companies identify opportunity to achieve competitive advantage through increased scale or scope, and others must follow in order to remain competitive. The opportunities are often triggered by changes in the market related to technology, globalization, or regulation that make larger scale or scope possible or more important.
by Jack Prouty
President, M&A Leadership Council