Mergers and Acquisition:
A successful M&A requires assessment and management of the above noted drivers. Management should complete the integration process as quickly as possible in order to reap the financial benefits of the transaction, but a business must also focus on sustained value creation.
It’s crucial to take the time to develop an integration strategy that allows your organization to effectively manage the transition process and to mitigate many of the risks inherent with mergers and acquisition. Employees, on both sides, need to be assured, and understand their role and responsibilities to minimize their anxiety. Thorough due diligence and assessment of company culture is critical to M&A success! Legal, tax, accounting and HR M&A specialists are essential members of the M&A team.
Successful M&A integration best practices include:
Ensure that Leaders Are Prepared to Coach Their Teams:
Dedicated M&A integration teams are the catalyst that helps everyone else be successful but company leaders must be actively involved and mentored at all times throughout the process. Implementing a buddy program to match up partners from both legacy organizations allows employees to both humanize members of the other company and increase understanding and appreciation how each legacy organization was independently successful.
Having been involved in over $20B of M&A in my career, I can help guide the process to reduce risk and ensure highest liklihood of success.
A successful M&A requires assessment and management of the above noted drivers. Management should complete the integration process as quickly as possible in order to reap the financial benefits of the transaction, but a business must also focus on sustained value creation.
It’s crucial to take the time to develop an integration strategy that allows your organization to effectively manage the transition process and to mitigate many of the risks inherent with mergers and acquisition. Employees, on both sides, need to be assured, and understand their role and responsibilities to minimize their anxiety. Thorough due diligence and assessment of company culture is critical to M&A success! Legal, tax, accounting and HR M&A specialists are essential members of the M&A team.
Successful M&A integration best practices include:
- Establish clear objectives, scope, and timeline.
- Assign synergies to initiatives and owners.
- Align individual performance incentives/bonus programs with integration goals.
- Assign resources with strong project management skills to key areas.
Ensure that Leaders Are Prepared to Coach Their Teams:
Dedicated M&A integration teams are the catalyst that helps everyone else be successful but company leaders must be actively involved and mentored at all times throughout the process. Implementing a buddy program to match up partners from both legacy organizations allows employees to both humanize members of the other company and increase understanding and appreciation how each legacy organization was independently successful.
Having been involved in over $20B of M&A in my career, I can help guide the process to reduce risk and ensure highest liklihood of success.