mergers and acquisitions

Mergers require CEOs to balance many stakeholders' needs.

How the Best CEOs Help Ensure a Successful Merger

In the first post of this two part series I wrote about: the current and ongoing high numbers and value of mergers and acquisitions worldwide the well-established pattern of a high level – at least 50% – of risk of failure reasons for mergers the need for adaptive leadership In…


What leadership skills are needed for merger boom time?

What Leadership Skills are Needed for Merger Boom Time?

These are high times for mergers and acquisitions.  In 2014, corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worldwide reached a seven year high of around $4 trillion. KPMG’s 2015 M&A Outlook Survey Report was headed “The Boom is Back: M&A Reemerges as Leading Growth Strategy”. “Boom”? Does that sound like a good time…