Why people integration continues to dominate M&A challenges
Companies lack a defined, consistent, and efficient playbook for integrating people issues when executing a deal. Some insights that emerged from a roundtable hosted by PwC's transactions team in early 2011 revealed:
People issues are increasingly being recognized as strategic elements in M&A transactions, and HR professionals are being invited to the table more frequently and earlier in the deal process.
Companies recognize the importance of people-focused integration but acknowledge that deals have been less successful due to a lack of people integration activities.
There’s no guaranteed formula for deal success, especially when people issues are brought into the strategic mix.
In order to understand the current state of M&A integration practice and its impact on management’s assessment of deal success, in late 2010, PwC surveyed senior management from a sampling of large capital and middle market US companies that had completed a merger or acquisition in the previous three years. This M&A integration study served as the foundation for a robust discussion by senior corporate development and HR professionals at an M&A Human Capital roundtable. Insights that emerged from the survey and roundtable discussion that are captured in this summary document.
Learn more about what we are hearing about M&A people challenges and how we can help address them.