Culture in Mergers & Acquisitions
When it comes to Mergers and Acquisitions, one major contributor to the valuation process often gets overlooked: company culture.
One of my personal mottos is “Make it Happen.”
In fact, my job title at Kinesis is Execution Team Leader. I bring the “get ‘er done” mentality to our team, our clients, our projects, and our professional development. A recent article over at Results.com inspired me to share a few tips on how to make the big projects more manageable, how to find the right resources, and how to work around the roadblocks.
We’re big fans of the Results.com approach. Here’s some of their advice on getting things done:
One additional tip that I would add is the importance of involvement from all levels. From the top down, there should be ownership and commitment to both planning and execution. From an article on the Financial Times Press, “The greater the interaction between ‘doers’ and ‘planners’ or the greater the overlap of the two processes or tasks, the higher the probability of execution success.” For more on the importance of leaders supporting the process, see our previous post on achieving your goals.
Need proof? Here are a few statistics to back up the importance of execution:
Quoting Chip and Dan Heath from their book, Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard, “Ambiguity is the enemy. Any successful change requires a translation of ambiguous goals into concrete behaviors. In short, to make a switch, you need to script the critical moves.”
You want something done? Let’s make it happen. It’s all about the execution.
Visit Results.com to check out the full article: http://us.results.com/announcements/business-execution-tips-for-getting-things-done
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