Merger & Acquisition Surveys Making Mergers And Acquisitions Achieve Expected Returns
M&A Surveys Help Avoid Merger & Acquisition Failures
Two thirds of mergers and acquisitions fail to achieve expected returns. Many mergers and acquisitions actually fail, many others fall short of meeting planned returns and only about a third of all mergers and acquisitions achieve or exceed planned returns. M&A failure is usually due to a combined lack of adequate cultural, leadership, process, technology and product integration.
Getting the people or soft intangible part of M&A integration right is often the hardest part of M&A planning and execution. It requires the merger/integration of two ongoing organizational and operational entities, two cultures, two management styles and two groups of people that are motivated to keep their jobs/positions and in some cases to get the upper hand.
Some mergers and acquisitions are particularly complicated in that they require the integration of two companies that are themselves the products of previous mergers and acquisitions that were never successfully integrated.
How merger/acquisition surveys facilitate M&A integration success
Merger & acquisition surveys / employee surveys are one of the most important sources of management information for measuring M&A integration success before, during and post merger and acquisitions.
Merger/acquisition surveys / M&A surveys are employee surveys that are customized to include the special issues involved with M&A integration. Each merger and acquisition survey provides important information and insight about employee satisfaction, engagement and commitment in supporting upcoming, underway and previous mergers and acquisitions. Merger & acquisition surveys also assess what needs to be done as well as progress and success in integrating corporate cultures, the organizational structure, business processes and practices, policies, technology and products/services.
Merger/acquisition surveys / employee satisfaction surveys / employee engagement surveys are highly effective in measuring where resistance is likely to occur, where resistance is occurring, and identifying which departments and business units need specific attention.
A merger & acquisition survey / employee survey is also a key way of demonstrating to your employees that you value their opinions. Pre merger / acquisition surveys and M&A surveys conducted while integration initiatives are underway identify critical gaps between the organizations being merged. After a merger or acquisition an M&A survey / employee survey is crucial in measuring as well as celebrating the success of the M&A integration.
Why many mergers and acquisitions fail to achieve expected returns
Mergers and acquisitions that fail to deliver expected returns typically fall short due to one or more of the following reasons: