Leadership

We work closely with top teams to ensure that they and their leaders are coherent, aligned, focused and prepared for the challenges ahead, and that critical talent is identified, strengthened and retained for as long as needed.

Leadership is one of the main drivers of people experience in deals. 

To achieve the basics of leading through such significant change as comes with M&A, top teams and line managers alike need a head start so they know what is expected of them the minute a deal is announced. Awareness gives leaders a fighting chance. After this masterclass participants will…

• Have a framework for assessing M&A Leadership Effectiveness
• Be aware of the important elements of Leadership that impact directly on people experience and therefore, indirectly on deal outcomes
• Understand the benefits of developing M&A Leadership capability and the importance of starting this work early with key leaders and teams 
• Make the connection between being a good M&A Leader and being an effective leader more broadly

Every merger acquisition, joint venture, alliance or outsourcing partnership is designed to enhance business value, yet many fail to achieve expected outcomes because deal teams do not harness cultural opportunities and effectively manage cultural risks. 

Culture Leadership Essentials is designed to help Executives and Senior Business Leaders know how to turn Culture – which may seem intangible – into a strategic competitive advantage when stakes are at their highest. After this masterclass participants will…

• Understand the the business case for doing best practice culture work at each deal stage
• Appreciate how merger outcomes can be driven and improved by leveraging culture management 
• Add crucial cultural impact considerations to their decision-making “ground rules”
• Know what it takes to build the future preferred culture during the course of merger implementation
• Minimise the risk of a deal not meeting stated objectives due to leaving culture as an after-thought
• Not panic if already behind the curve and come up with an achievable plan to get a merger back on track.

If your organization is like most, your business leaders and people team will have experienced a number of M&A transactions (from some perspective) over the course of reaching a senior or executive level. While capable and experienced, M&A rarely is their first calling. Most will benefit from some form of support to further develop their M&A Leadership capability so they can make a better contribution during the course of a transaction.

We coach and mentor individuals to prepare ahead of deals and also to shape their contributions along the way. We also provide individual mentoring support to members of these teams or other key business leaders at critical points in transactions.