Mergers and acquisitions are a fact of corporate life for companies seeking to grow rapidly. The selection, validation and negotiation exercises are time consuming and expensive and many candidate merger or acquisition projects do not come to fruition. For those that make it, once the deal is done and the accountants, lawyers and other advisors have departed, it is easy to assume that things will settle down quickly. The reality is that many mergers and acquisitions still haven’t delivered the anticipated value some years later. So what can be done to improve the likelihood of a speedy and successful outcome?

Change Management Group has observed many merger and acquisition exercises, and has identified ten keys to success that typify a successful integration.

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