The past 18 months I’ve had an opportunity to test the BrandFoundations as never before: to integrate the cultures of multiple companies during a pandemic. The results have been magnificent. This is the story of that journey.
It seemed – at least at first blush – that air carrier Delta was taking a purpose-based stand, and that its purpose (or North Star) dictated that the company come down firmly on the opposite side of the NRA on this particular issue.
Cue the applause track for a corporation brave enough to stand on its morals, knowing full well that it’s going to take some incoming flack for doing so.
But don’t hit “play” quite yet.
In this short webinar BrandFoundations and John Pancoast from Acquisition Solutions explore the role that culture plays at every stage of the M&A process, review two powerful tools that can be used to “de-risk” cultural integrations, and show how they could be applied to the ongoing Amazon-Whole Foods integration.
Acquisitions are a common growth strategy for many organizations today. But it’s a path strewn with nasty landmines: politics, distraction, talent drain, customer confusion and execution failures. Knowing where these landmines lay is the first step in reducing the M&A risk and ensuring your deal adds performance and value rather than destroying it. Here are five places where a misstep can spell disaster along the M&A path.
Technology cycles are turning faster than ever, and in a slower-expanding economy that challenges organic sales, leaders have turned to mergers & acquisitions to drive growth. So, what is it – beyond the technology – that makes a company enduringly different, able to out-compete and adapt to change?
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