Mergers & Acquisitions
Integration


The financial aspects of a merger or acquisition are
not the only considerations that make a transaction successful.
People, Strategy, Structure, Process and Change Management
Issues can make the difference between realized opportunities
and unfulfilled expectations.
Because most mergers and
acquisitions set off rapid change, a company that addresses
cultural, organizational, and strategic structure issues
up front will have a head start on gaining the competitive
advantage and enhanced shareholder value it seeks.
Brainard
Strategy can work with you to develop a comprehensive integration
approach and plan. We work with you to:
- Facilitate
the M&A team and senior management in identifying
risks, clarifying processes, and developing objective
measurement tools for use during the transition;
- Design
processes during the transition phase to address staffing,
severance, outsourcing, and employee support needs; and
- Quickly
assess the impact on the customer/market and then to
develop implementation plans for long-term strategy;
including organization structure, processes, employees,
and technology.
Our consultants have wide-ranging experience and can partner
with you from the initial planning and due diligence stages
through transition to create an integrated plan.
Print/Save 
Success Story
Challenge: A global pharmaceutical organization had acquired multiple
mid-size biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. The
large organization was struggling with integrating the
multiple companies and was facing issues of low morale,
turnover, and resistance.
Action: We created a custom workshop that was conducted throughout
United States and Canada. The workshop specifically addressed
the issues employees were facing due to the large scale
change and gave real life advice on how to deal with those
issues. A communication channel was also included in the
workshops, which created a medium for the organization
to deliver current updates about the organization to the
employees.
Result: Based on the workshop feedback, over eighty percent of
the participants felt better able to deal with the large
scale changes and felt better equipped to deal with the
emotions they were experiencing. The large organization
was very pleased with the result of these workshops and
noted a significant increase in moral within the work environment.
|