Project
Post-acquisition people integration
When to call
Three signs this is the project
A deal has signed and nobody owns the answer to pay, title, and reporting line for the people coming in.
This is the second or third acquisition and the last one still has two email domains and two ways of doing everything.
The sponsor has asked who is running integration, and the honest answer is the chief executive at 10pm.
What you get
Named deliverables, in the order they land
01
The decision calendar
Every people decision from signing to Day 100, who makes it, and the date it lands. Published to both leadership teams.
02
The key-person map
Who matters most, who is at risk, and dual coverage on every client or function they hold, by Day 30.
03
The people risk register
Every finding from diligence and from the first weeks, with an owner, a cost, and a treatment.
04
Day 1 and the first 100 days
The announcement, the manager briefing, the first-week schedule, and the review gates at Day 30 and Day 100.
05
One set of terms
Titles mapped, comp protected for year one, benefits and policies harmonized on dates that were announced in advance.
How it runs
Eight to twelve weeks, timed to close
- 1
Before close
Weeks 1 to 4
The calendar, the map, the register, and the Day 1 plan built with both leadership teams.
- 2
Day 1 to 30
Weeks 5 to 8
Announcements made, every acquired leader met, dual coverage in place, first pulse run.
- 3
Day 31 to 100
Weeks 9 to 12
Harmonization on schedule, the first joint work, the Day 100 review with every decision made or re-dated.
Tell us what is changing
Tell us where post-acquisition people integration stands today. You will leave with a clear read on the scope and what we would do first, whether or not you work with ScalePath.