Now that your organization has embraced the best practice of utilizing a full-time, dedicated integration leader, the key question becomes “who?” To start with, let me share the priceless wisdom of my friend and colleague Jim Jeffries, Founder and Chairman of the M&A Leadership Council. “Availability is not a criterion for the integration leader!”
He’s absolutely right. You have to find the “most sought-after” executive to lead this task and this person is NEVER available. So what now?
March 2017 Chairman’s Message
By Jim Jeffries, Chairman M&A Leadership Council
Until recently, the Information Technology (IT) function of an organization had been the servant of the business even when at times, it took on a form of its own. IT was the implementation tool and enabler for the organization, but not necessarily a player at the strategy table. Information Technology’s role in the enterprise has included ...
How Quality of Earnings Can Drive Value To Your Manufacturing Enterprise
By Jerry Dentinger & Ryan McCaslin | BDO Transaction Advisory Services , a Partner of M&A Leadership Council
Dealmaking in the manufacturing industry is poised to accelerate in 2017, buoyed by investor optimism around proposed pro-growth economic policies. Despite the modest slowdown in volume last year, multiples and valuations stayed high going into 2017. Therefore, buyers remain ...
Implications for Human Capital Management
Submitted by Willis Towers Watson, a Partner of M&A Leadership Council
The World Economic Forum warned in its 2016 Global Risks Report that the pace of change in technology and the shifting demographics of talent pose widespread risks to doing business. Certainly, employers everywhere can help mitigate these risks, even as the world of work is relentlessly transformed.
Art of M&A Divestitures Begins this August
Submitted by M&A Leadership Council
The M&A Leadership Council is happy to announce our new 3-day program to address the framework, best practices, processes, structures and tools for managing strategic Divestments, Carve-outs and Spin-offs for creating new value. As corporate divestitures ...
A Recognized Best Practice in M&A
By Shaun Crimmins with Midaxo
A revolutionary shift in the M&A world took place years ago. This is when deal teams began Integration Planning prior to Day One of legal ownership of the acquired company. The concept is now recognized as a best practice in the M&A process...
The Growing Influence of Social Media and Deal Sourcing Networks on the M&A Industry
Submitted by Intralinks, a Partner of M&A Leadership Council
In 2013, Intralinks conducted a global survey of M&A dealmakers to understand how technology and specialized deal networks influence M&A deal sourcing. Two years later, in December of 2015, Intralinks conducted a follow-up survey to measure how attitudes ...
Available M&A Positions
Submitted by Talent Servies of M&A Leadership Council
This key role provides the principal thought leadership and services delivery leadership with both the Client staff and other consulting team resources assigned to each project. Reporting directly to the Client executive staff and internal integration leader, this role demands broad and deep expertise ...
Building Momentum: US M&A in 2016
Submitted by MergerMarket, a Partner of M&A Leadership Council
After a slow start and several challenges, American M&A thrived as the year closed— 2017 could be explosive for dealmaking. A recent report by White & Case and Mergermarket, Building Momentum: US M&A in 2016, reveals US M&A momentum is expected to continue building ...
My friend and colleague, Jack Prouty, President of the M&A Leadership Council, has diagnosed and resolved one of the most perplexing challenges confronting every acquirer: how to effectively and efficiently “bridge the gap” between the transaction and due diligence phases of the deal and integration. How big of an issue is this? Huge!