Pre and Post M&A Integration
Why do so many mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures or alliances either fail or not meet expected goals?
There are a lot of reasons: People are forgotten. Synergies are exaggerated. Risks are downplayed. Talent flees.
Mergers come with potential pitfalls. Consider:
- 75 per cent of mergers are disappointing or outright failures
- Productivity drops 50 per cent in the first four to eight months of a merger
- The average timeline for transition/integration is 12 to 24 months
- The stock price rises only 30 per cent of the time when a merger is announced
- Measure costs and benefits of proposed business or HR initiatives.
Our capabilities
Watson Wyatt's deal flow model ensures support at all stages of the transaction and is based on a work-stream approach.
Pre deal
Identification of potential M&A targets, target company investigation and research, development of M&A, HR related offer contingencies, co-ordinating and managing the overall M&A process, development of customised M&A process (best practices), organisation communications.
Due diligence investigation
Organisation communications, co-ordinating and managing the overall due diligence process, due diligence team workshop and team building, conflict resolution process, HR assessments (policies and practices), liabilities assessments, salary assessments, benefits assessments, retirement plans, workers' compensation assessments, severance assessments (executive 'golden parachutes', and so on.), organisation effectiveness assessments, culture assessments, competency assessments, key employee/leadership (identification, assessments and selection).
Post deal
Organisation communications, enterprise wide integration project management, integration team training and team building, conflict resolution process, progress measurement and monitoring. HR integration, benefit redesign and plan integration, salary redesign and plan integration, job evaluations, assessment and selection of key employees, change management, culture and team integration.
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