Post-merger: Integrating and shaping
The integration of different structures, processes and cultures after a merger is one of the biggest challenges for management and advisors. Although success rates have improved, it is still less than half of all mergers that attain their desired objectives.
For integration to be successful, there is a vital need for careful planning, realistic expectations, skilled communication and - above all - a strategy for handling positive and negative emotions in a professional manner.
Typical areas for exploration are:
For integration to be successful, there is a vital need for careful planning, realistic expectations, skilled communication and - above all - a strategy for handling positive and negative emotions in a professional manner.
Typical areas for exploration are:
- Advice on the design of integration processes
- Intensive support during the merger phase
- Conflict prevention and management.
- Development of appropriate strategies
