How can an entrepreneur-leader change an acquired company’s culture?

by a professional from University of Missouri - Columbia

4 years ago

A search firm that is evaluating a company to potentially acquire should carefully consider its culture. If the company has solid technology and competitive differentiation, but lacks a high-performing culture, there may be unrealized value ready to be unlocked. But how should a new leader go about changing the company’s culture?

Tim Czmiel, co-founder of Virtas Partners, addresses the issue in this short post:
https://www.virtaspartners.com/news/search-funds-culture-critical-in-evaluating-a-potential-acquisition

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searcher from Curtin University of Technology

Nice article, thanks for sharing. The 'art' piece is so often not given due care and attention and has enormous impacts on the bottom line, over time (as the article alludes to). On the other side it presents a great opportunity. 100% agree

2 months ago | like reply | 0 likes

searcher from University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management

Totally agree with you, Maria. I acquired an Indian subsidiary of an healthtech company with a different route than search fund and have grown the business to 400% from where I started 2 years ago. The first thing, I did was to let go the non-performers and bring in my own team..the first few months were rough as the team saw me as a devil who is firing left right and center...but seeing the growth followed by some lavish success lunches, the majority of team is aligned with the new business direction.

4 years ago | like reply | 2 likes

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