The Human Strategy

Reaching greater synergy through data-driven Cultural Assessments

Elevate Your Acquisition Strategy through Human Capital Optimization

A significant portion of M&A transactions fail to meet their initial financial objectives due to inadequate attention to the human element.

Cultural misalignment among the merging entities, either during the deal-making process or after the acquisition is completed, often leads to catastrophic integration issues.

70-90%

The percentage of M&A endeavors that fail to meet their financial objectives, with most stating the human factor playing a major role.

Society for Human Resource Management

33%

The percentage of acquired workers who leave in the first year of their startup’s purchase.

MIT Sloan

200%

The maximum cost to a company when an employee leaves, expressed as a percentage of the employee's annual salary.

Forbes

Services

Data-driven insights for key cultural risks mitigation in Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Use an analytical framework to uncover and understand the unsaid dynamics of potential targets in terms of values, practices, and workforce motivations. Transform the intangibles of culture into measurable KPIs to inform decision-making and build synergies faster.

  • Build an in-depth understanding of the human capital dynamics of the acquired entity and get a holistic view of organizational structural data for proactive risk profiling and team-level opportunity mapping, down at the team level. Leverage a data-driven model for proactive attrition and human capital risk mitigation to drive operational synergies and value creation.

  • Navigate through transformative periods with tailored, strategic interventions that align people, processes, and technology. By leveraging deep insights into organizational behavior and change dynamics, we enable clients to effectively manage transitions, foster a culture of adaptability, and ensure sustainable growth through evolving business landscapes.

  • Safeguard critical human capital and enhance your HR capabilities. Through interactive workshops and targeted retention strategies, we equip organizations with the tools and insights needed to maintain employee engagement, minimize turnover, and integrate diverse talent pools, ensuring a smooth transition and the realization of long-term synergistic value.

Our Latest Publications

  • What a 1950s Summer camp can teach us about M&A Success

    In 1954, a unique experiment at Robbers Cave State Park, Oklahoma, revealed the power of "superordinate goals" in turning rivalry into unity. Fast forward to the present, and we're still grappling with the "us vs. them" mentality in mergers and acquisitions.

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  • Mars-Hotel Chocolat: The Great Talent Retention Example

    “The acquisition aims at focusing primarily on growth and expansion in the UK market”. Mars Confectionery's acquisition of Hotel Chocolat highlights the need for talent retention to safeguard the investment's bottom line…

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  • The Illusion of Equality in Corporate Alliances, and more

    Often, acquiring organizations find themselves susceptible to the 'talk merger and act acquisition' syndrome. This is another bias – or strategy, that occurs when executives publicly proclaim a merger of equals, yet they assert dominion over the target organizations.

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  • Two wings, One Sky: How Indian Airlines redefined Indian Skies

    2007 witnessed the historic merger of two of the nation's largest airlines: Air India and Indian Airlines. This merger was part of the government's strategy to ensure that the national carrier could compete more effectively with private airlines.

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  • The Restructuring Journey of Toys “R” Us

    Whether it was for Christmas, Thanksgiving, or a belated birthday present, who doesn’t have a memory of Toys "R" Us? It quickly expanded into a major international retailer with thousands of stores across various countries. However, the company encountered significant challenges that ultimately led to its downfall.

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Elevate, optimize, succeed.

Upscale your acquisition strategy by optimizing human capital.

Our approach uses data-driven insights to mitigate cultural risks, leveraging automated data extraction and strategic surveys for comprehensive risk profiling and opportunity mapping.