by admincf | Feb 26, 2025 | Current PMIspective, Event, PMIspective
The deal is signed. Now comes the real adventure: integration. But just as the first team rolls up its sleeves, another acquisition knocks on the door. Congratulations—you’ve just entered the elite league of parallel integration. 🎢
Suddenly, you’re dealing with twice the number of workflows, incompatible IT systems, and corporate cultures eyeing each other suspiciously. While one team debates whether to use first names or formal titles, the other is still deciding between fax and carrier pigeon as their preferred communication tool. 📠🕊
Can this work? Absolutely—if you know how.
In this PMIspective, we’ll dive into the secrets of managing two (or more!) integrations at the same time without everything imploding. Expect real-life anecdotes, field-tested strategies, and practical insights from PMI experts who have mastered the art of controlled chaos when one merger follows another.
📆 March 19, 2025
🕐 1:00 - 1:40 PM
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by admincf | Jan 27, 2025 | Current PMIspective, Event, PMIspective
On Day One, you can either achieve legendary status in your new company - or ensure employees start considering an exit plan. First impressions matter. They are not formed through grand speeches or endless powerpoint presentations but by what truly resonates with people.
On Day One, employees may not fully grasp how great your strategy is, but they will immediately notice if they feel welcome, valued, and if the day is well organized. These first impressions stick and set the tone for the entire integration process.
In this PMIspective, we explore the small and large gestures that effectively bring employees on board from the very start. Through practical insights, best practices, and anecdotes, we reveal how to make Day One the launchpad for a successful integration — or a recipe for disaster.
📆 February 19, 2025
🕐 1:00 - 1:40 PM
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by admincf | Dec 19, 2024 | Current PMIspective, Event, PMIspective
Once the ink on the contract has dried, the M&A advisors officially step aside – but their influence resonates far beyond. After all, the real focus isn’t just on sealing the deal but on making it work. Those fixated solely on the purchase price miss the bigger picture: clear plans, realistic goals, and minimized risks for a deal that thrives post-signing.
Can this be achieved? Only if buyers, sellers and advisors work hand in hand. Without the strategic foresight of M&A advisors, PMI can quickly become a gamble.
In this PMIspective session, we’ll explore how M&A advisors lay the groundwork for successful integration. Through practical insights, best practices, and engaging anecdotes, we’ll reveal why deals are often won or lost long before signing and how collaboration creates a win-win outcome.
📆 January 22, 2025
🕐 1:00 - 1:40 PM
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by admincf | Nov 21, 2024 | Current PMIspective, Event, PMIspective
Who takes the old folks?
No, this isn't about Christmas. I'm talking about former executives who, after an acquisition, suddenly find themselves without the steering wheel. Once driving the company's direction, the ex-CEO now stands idle, sidelined like a Christmas tree post-New Year’s Day. No one quite knows what to do with him.
🚨 Stay alert before he gets creative and starts developing his own post-merger rituals. Here are a few classics:
👉 The Office Gossip Guru: Offers unsolicited advice at the coffee machine, analyzes the company with interns, and warns everyone about "the new strategies."
👉 The Meeting Marathon Man: Attends EVERY meeting, invited or not, and shakes his head at every PowerPoint slide with a muttered “We never did it that way.”
👉 The Mentor of Hearts: Self-appoints as a wise advisor, offering personal mentoring sessions to every leader – whether they’re interested or not.
👉 The Micro-Detail Maestro: Analyzes every detail out of boredom, from the ergonomics of the office chairs to whether the coffee machine is optimally placed.
Nobody wants this. But how do you find a meaningful role for these former decision-makers? How can you harness their vast expertise without them sabotaging the new course?
Join our next PMIspective session on December 18 as we discuss these challenges and their solutions. Be inspired by our expert panel, discover best practices, and hear how other companies have managed these situations. Share your experiences, ask questions, and tell us your own stories – all in a relaxed setting.
📆 December 18, 2024
🕐 1:00 - 1:40 PM
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by admincf | Nov 1, 2024 | Current PMIspective, Event, PMIspective
Timing is everything, they say. But when exactly is the perfect time to start your post-merger integration?
Right after closing? Sure, you can do that.
Or maybe you wait a little. That can be smart too, as long as you don't let the integration fall off the radar entirely. After all, you'll probably have a clearer head and a better overview at a later point. And better late than never, right?
But too late isn't exactly a winning strategy either. So, what’s the sweet spot?
In our next PMIspective on November 20th, we’ll dive deep into the topic of timing. Our expert panel will take a closer look at real cases where waiting paid off – and where it didn’t. And yes, the "started too early and crashed it hard" stories will also make an appearance.
Because one thing’s for sure: a successful integration doesn’t happen by chance. It all comes down to good timing.
Dear PMI professionals, secure your free place👉 here - the sooner the better!
We look forward to an engaging fun discussion!
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Bad timing, what a shame.
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by admincf | Sep 23, 2024 | Current PMIspective, Event, PMIspective
Welcome to the Chamber of Carve-out Catastrophes! This is where vital parts of a company are cut out without a ghostly goal in sight. Responsibilities are a mystery, so everyone points their bony fingers at each other as the project stumbles around aimlessly like a zombie. Under the full moon, seemingly independent systems transform into an impenetrable thicket of bizarre entanglements. The mystery of the vanished synergies and the phantom of the lost licenses will send chills down your spine. Crucial customer data disappears faster than in a haunted house or ends up in the digital graveyard. Cold shivers run down your back when carve-outs reveal themselves to be complexity monsters, suddenly opening the gates to a financial hell painted in blood-red numbers.
So beware, dear PMI experts: In our next PMIspective on October 23rd, we will embark on a joint horror trip into the shady realms of failed carve-outs. Click 👉 hereto sign your soul away.
We’re dying to have a spine-tingling exchange with you and other survivors of past PMI disasters!
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What a fright!
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