Mergers, Acquisitions and Demergers

What we see

The technical integration gets resourced. The people integration does not, or not early enough and not with enough rigour. Cultural assumptions go unexamined. Leaders from both sides are expected to collaborate before trust has been built.

And the talent both organisations were counting on starts quietly weighing up their options.

The symptoms that signal it is your trigger

• The deal is closed but the organisations still feel like two separate entities.
• High performers are leaving and citing culture or uncertainty as the reason.
• Leaders are spending more time navigating internal politics than delivering.
• The integration plan has a people workstream, but it is mostly HR process rather than the human experience of coming together.

The TIF approach

Taking It Forward works on the side of the transaction that determines whether the investment pays off. We help organisations examine what each culture brings, make deliberate decisions about what the combined entity should look and feel like, and build the leadership alignment and communication structures to get there.

Early engagement makes the most difference. We have also come in after the fact and helped organisations find their footing.