Making Mergers and Acquisitions Work: Managing the Human, Cultural, and Organizational Issues

“ If 75% of mergers and acquisitions fail, what makes the other 25% succeed? This presentation looks at the factors that distinguish successful and failed combination. It identifies sources of employee stress and culture clash, and provides specific methods for minimizing their unintended impact on corporate combinations. It also gives advice for building a "one team" mindset and finding and locking in true synergies that make one plus one equal three in a merger or acquisition. ” Mitch Marks, Ph.D.