Category Archives: Mergers and Acquisitions
Acquisition and the Public’s Blame Game
Following a merger or acquisition the need to communicate a sense of normalcy to all audiences becomes magnified. After the announcement of the transaction, different publics are quick to blame the smallest event on the transaction and those who consummated the deal. That became more than communications theory for me on Friday as I boarded …
Merger Strategy: No speed bumps on exiting.
Ok, maybe this is too good to be true. Did you notice the recently announced merger of the mega brands in the car rental business? Do they have their brand roadmap ready to go? Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. is planning to acquire Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. and both CEOs noted that the continuity of …
Productive merger talks and employee loyalty
CFO magazine once reported a 50 percent overall drop-off in productivity in the four to eight months following a deal. One must wonder what the impact on productivity is in the months preceding a deal, when all the wild negotiations are widely publicized. Take for example the talks going on (or ending) in the airline …
Lost and Found Art of Leadership
The Wall Street Journal article, Wednesday, April 7, 2010, “GM’s Plodding Culture Vexes Its Impatient CEO,” is a refreshing perspective on the lost and found art of leadership. First, leadership lost. That’s evident in how GM got into its predicament. No need to belabor this point. Labor and line management simply lost their input into …
Mixing the Right Ingredients
Recently, I celebrated the sunny weather and a shade more stimulating pace of mergers and acquisitions (M&A;) activity by being out and about attending a series of conferences and seminars. Two events, “Why Buyers are Buying,” conducted by Mertz Associates and “Survive 2009? Thrive in 2010,” offered by the Midwest Business Brokers & Intermediaries included …
