Making Mergers Work

Mergers: The Ultimate Change Management Challenge

  • Short time frame
  • Public exposure
  • High financial stakes
  • Customer impact
  • Management shuffle
  • Culture change
  • Process reorganization
  • Downsizing and Cost reduction

Some Sobering Statistics

  • 75% of mergers and acquisitions are clearly disappointing or outright failures
  • 50% overall drop-off in productivity during the first 4 to 8 months after close
  • “People Problems” are cited as the #1 integration failure factor
  • 47% of all senior executives in an acquired organization leave within the first year. 72% leave within three years
  • The outer limit of employee enthusiasm, customer tolerance and Wall Street patience is about 100 days. The average transition period is 24 months

CIMES will help you manage the key factors in a merger

  • Effective integration
  • Maximization of savings from synergies