Ignite workshops mergers and acquisitions

Mergers and Acquisitions

In a fast-paced business environment, companies are often faced with new relationships arising from strategic mergers and acquisitions. There are numerous books and studies on how to “best” manage these transitions as either a leader faced with an entirely new

strategic and organizational environment. There are also many conceptual models advocating for the best way to plan and assess the value of a merger or acquisition as a leader in the process.

This Ignite Workshop eliminates the fluff, and addresses the key issues in a no-nonsense format of lecture and participatory dialogue. It is appropriate for any business leader, from SME to corporate, who is either considering or already managing a business transition involving a merger or acquisition.

Areas covered include:

• Understanding the business being acquired in regards to culture, governance and value proposition

• Due diligence process

• Human resource and customer survey process

• Understanding the management challenges

• Staff integration from both merged companies

• Managing integration between key players in the businesses and developing performance benchmarks that will create deliverable

capabilities within the merger process

• Change management as a strategically planned agenda

• Using due diligence findings as part of the new manager transition process

• 3-year merger and acquisition evaluation action plan

• Management and board strategy alignment