My thanks to for sharing this information from Terrill Frantz who points out as he puts it - A nice 5-minute interview video of the managing director of M&A integration for Getzler Henrich & Associates LLC. Some points Dino Mauricio makes: 
1) Cost savings may not be there 
2) Importance of softer side of integration 
3) Need a 100 day plan 
4) Expect some short [...]

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Last month, The Financial Times UK had a short article called: Can the new CEO end a culture clash after a merger?  To begin there was no analysis of any cultural / DNA due diligence which would lead to the proper culture strategy but that is a discussion for another time and to be fair beyond the scope of [...]

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Following up to our post of the JusticeMakers Competition, seven of the $5,000 awards will be granted by JusticeMakers’ Judges.  The eighth cash prize – the People’s Choice Award – will be granted by the registered members of the JusticeMakers community. The rating starts on 21st October and ends on 11th November 2008.
The People’s Choice Award gives ordinary [...]

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I have been negligent.  For the past couple of months I have been wanting to share the Enduring Ideas and Classic’s from McKinsey.  I have always enjoyed McKinsey articles and research and have been enjoying the interactive presentations immensely. According to them:
The central characteristic of an enduring idea is that both it and its uses [...]

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Values in Conflict
At 5 a.m. Sunday morning Miriam would get up long before her alarm and take a long walk around the lake. By 7 a.m. she would be dressed and ready to enjoy the rest of her day. She loved her free days. There was so much she wanted to do and did do [...]

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Having worked with managers as they move up in an organization, I have seen one key issue arise again and again over the past 20 years.  One of great challenges seems to be how to shift from having an operational perspective (for which middle managers are typically rewarded) to having a strategic mindset.  This became [...]

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In their book, Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls  Tichy and Bennis identify the stages of the decision making process: sensing a need, getting it “framed and named,” mobilizing others, making a judgment and seeing the execution through.   Good judgment doesn’t just happen, says Noel Tichy, a business professor at the University of Michigan. “When we [...]

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Based on recent research  by Kellogg School of Management, contrary to expectations, decentralization might be the best strategy when the need for coordination among divisions is paramount.  In an age of cheap communication, decentralization is best even when coordination among divisions is critical. Centralization can be a good choice if the divisions are heterogeneous or if managers are especially [...]

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