M&A Integration Masterclass

During the course, participants will focus on:

• Understanding different integration models.
• How to set up and maintain relentless and consistent focus on the deal value drivers, link integration to these value drivers and establish a coherent programme of changes to deliver deal synergies.
• How to set up and organise the many stakeholders to handle the dynamics of deal integration and avoid confusion and chaos.
• How to harness the energy and knowledge of those impacted to deliver the integration and avoid the drag of (sometimes subtle) resistance.

The sessions make extensive use of case studies, stories and examples to deepen understanding. These augment the framework and tools to develop the ability to recognise and adapt to the specific challenge each deal presents vs following a generic template based on what worked on a previous deal. By taking a significant proportion of your deal community through the Masterclass, the collective understanding of what it takes to organise and deliver deal integration helps avoid a siloed approach and enhances the important cooperation required across business and functions. This masterclass should therefore be a significant crucial step to building the abilities, organisation and coordination to not only reliably deliver M&A projects but provide the basis for improvement and evolution which ensures it meets the needs of not only today’s deals but tomorrow’s.

This Masterclass provides an end-to-end framework and tools to address specific issues in integration but goes beyond this to focus on four themes which frequently arise and contribute to the high failure rate in M&A integration if not done well. These focus areas are:

• Eye on the Prize – How to set up and maintain relentless and consistent focus on the deal value drivers
• Integration Choices – How to link integration to the value drivers and establish a coherent programme of changes to deliver deal synergies
• Leadership & Organisation – How to set up and organise the many stakeholders to handle the dynamics of deal integration and avoid confusion and chaos
• Bring people with you – How to harness the energy and knowledge of those impacted to deliver the integration and avoid the drag of (sometimes subtle) resistance