Smooth Business Acquisitions

by a searcher from Stanford University - Graduate School of Business

2 months ago

In your experience with business acquisitions, how do you navigate and address potential challenges or resistance from the existing team, and what strategies have proven effective in fostering a smooth transition and integration of the acquired company into the broader organizational structure?

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searcher from North Park University

It's great to hear that you are thinking about this critical step in ETA, because I'm not sure everyone does! I agree with Patrick and would add over-communication is key! Sharing everything you can, as you go along, helped me a ton in my experience. Also, each team member is thinking "what is going to happen to me" and/or "what's in it for me". Depending on the size of the team, it might not be possible, but I did one on one's with all 45 people at my last company asking about their role, their professional goals, what's working/not working and really listened and answered every question I could. It helped to build those relationships and trust. You can't win them all, but being intentional will go a very long way with the majority of your new team!

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professional from The Johns Hopkins University

Jory -- There is no way to eliminate friction as issues often pop up, but I generally agree with Patrick. Working on the relationships is the best way to absorb the bumps that happen in the normal M&A process. Best of luck!

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