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Leadership Assessment for Mergers and AcquisitionsMergers and Acquisitions have flourished over the last several decades. Merger Mania has changed the entire marketplace from consumer goods to financial services, from manufacturing to services, and from for-profit organizations to not-for-profit institutions, large and small. What if the assets walk? Although given honorable mention, the value of the people element in M&A evaluations is generally under-estimated! Yet “human capital” is often the most important element in the equation. Human capital can mean the difference between success or failure of the new combined organization. First, the human element can be detrimental to success if the two combined cultures are diametrically different from one another. The culture clash can be so enormous that even the best experts cannot blend these opposites. Second, when two organizations are combined, often the total employee population is reduced in order to eliminate “redundant” positions. If this redundancy results in a reduction of staff, often the selection of discharged employees is done too quickly and the wrong individuals are discharged. Third, the leadership (senior management and department heads) that helped to make the organizations attractive for a merger or acquisition, is too often ignored in favor of financial analysis of the deal. The numbers side and the legal side of the M&A are both vitally important, but even more important may be the people side of the M&A transaction. Cornerstone leadership assessment eliminates failure: As experts in the evaluation/assessment of leadership, including top general management and functional department heads, Cornerstone International Group delivers to M&A clients the ability to capture the missing ingredient: leadership assessment. In concert with “the numbers side and the legal side” of the M&A transaction, our assessment of the Human Capital, especially of the senior management, can eliminate one of the key reasons that mergers and acquisitions sooner or later fail. For more information: If you represent, directly or indirectly, a potential merger or acquisition evaluation and/or transaction, please contact Cornerstone International Group headquarters to obtain the name and address of our M&A expert most equipped to help you: Cornerstone International Group |
