Have you ever been through a merger/acquisition process during your career?

Our reader poll today asks: Have you ever been through a merger/acquisition process during your career? Yes, I’ve had my company be acquired by another: 45% Yes, I’ve been at a company that acquired another one: 35% No, I’ve never been involved in one of those situations: 19% Merger challenges. 80% of you have been involved in mergers either as the buyer or the bought. They’re extremely challenging and stressful situations. One of the most challenging aspects of any merger is managing the culture combination. Processes, technology, products, operations, financials… those are all relatively straightforward to sort out. The big leadership challenge is creating one new culture from the two that came together. Failure to do so creates great risk for the organization and can...



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