The HR Practitioner’s Guide to Cultural Integration in M&A

Klint Kendrick, HR and M&A Leader | Keynote Speaker | Author of the HR Practitioners Guides to Mergers & Acquisitions This episode is sponsored by the M&A Science Academy, DealRoom, and FirmRoom.  To join our growing online community of M&A practitioners, visit https://www.mascience.com/academy. Don’t forget to use code “podcast” at checkout.  Ready to take your M&A to the next level with software made to manage each stage of the deal process? See how DealRoom can facilitate your next deal at https://www.dealroom.net. FirmRoom provides 80% cost savings over VDRs that bill by page and delivers a far better user experience to boot. Sign up in under 2 minutes by going to https://www.firmroom.com. EPISODE TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro 05:30 The role of HR in M&A 09:55 Importance of identifying a potential culture clash 12:40 Cultural due diligence 17:27 Pre-LOI cultural diligence 22:09 Finding culture fit 24:48 Five Areas of culture clash 49:39 Deal-specific considerations 59:48 Taking findings that impact the deal terms 1:02:55 Assessing the level of cultural diligence 1:05:40 Transformative deals 1:09:44 The secret sauce to overcoming culture clash 1:12:44 Craziest thing in M&A