Post-Merger Integration

Merging Cultures After The Acquisition

In good times, mergers and acquisitions can happen more leisurely, with every aspect of the operation carefully scrutinized.

Private sector organizations are often forced to restructure and integrate operations fast, whether a significant financial services organization is merged or a hi-tech start-up is acquired.

In the public sector, there are often intense political pressures to demonstrate efficiencies from mergers/reorganizations while improving the customer experience and lifting staff morale.

We Focus Intensely On:

  1. Due Diligence on the Human Aspects of the Deal -> In our experience, the focus on structures and processes often means that the human side is often overlooked during Due Diligence.
  2. Integration of Organizational Cultures -> The effects of not fully integrating organizational cultures can last many years, holding back performance. We have worked with organizations to assess their legacy cultures and develop the kind of unified culture the new organization needs.
  3. Measurement and Monitoring of Employee Engagement -> Engaging people as they go through change is crucial, and we design ways to engage, retain talent, and communicate well during the process. Post-merger, we work on raising performance in diverse teams and reinforcing the norms and values that will guide the new integrated organization.
  4. Support Internal Human Resource and Organizational Development Teams -> Supporting internal HR and OD through this merger integration journey pays dividends, as they are fully equipped to advise on culture change as well as organizational structural change.
  5. Deliver Experiential Workshops on Integrating Cultures -> To help people recognize the cultural shifts required; we run experiential workshops on integrating cultures that combine powerful insight with practical tools that managers can use to integrate working cultures within their teams.

Prescient Strategists have deep experience aligning client expectations, driving effective communication, integrating teams, and managing change initiatives. We use performance metrics, such as financial results, operational efficiency, leadership commitment, communication effectiveness, and the perceived need for change, to design appropriate strategies to avoid change failures or resolve troubled change projects.

Declarative Statement: Prescient Strategists, LLC. does not sell or provide legal or financial advice of any kind, as we are NOT attorneys, investment bankers, licensed brokers, or licensed dealers.