People in M&A
Nearshoring in Mexico Considerations for deal professionals
June 10, 2023 | Episode 15 | 24:00
Find out the M&A opportunities and challenges of nearshoring in Mexico.
Delivering the Deal
Creating effective change management during M&A deals
November 21, 2022 | Episode 13 | 09:40
The “Delivering the Deal” spotlight series is where Mercer’s leading experts discuss the most pressing issues facing business leaders and deal professionals in M&A today.
How do you establish effective change management during an M&A deal? In this episode, we are speaking with Jason Jaross, a Partner in Mercer’s M&A Advisory Services Business with two decades of experience advising organisations around deal-related change management. Given that we view effective change management as one of the keys to delivering on your deal thesis, we wanted him to share some of his experiences and lessons that may help your next deal.
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Think differently
"Change management is all about getting people to think differently and do new things. It takes a deep understanding of people factors to do that." -
Change & communication
"Transaction change is a marathon and not a sprint. Deals, especially ones that take a long time to close, can produce lots of information that gets turned into communication. You might be doing that for months before close, exhausting your change team….and then you get to close, and full-scale change management needs to begin." -
New understandings
"Change management is 100% about people understanding and doing something different. Your change programme isn’t like merging systems or changing a legal entity. It’s not just a set of tasks – it’s about people understanding, supporting, learning, and doing."
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March 28, 2023 | Episode 14 | 14:52In this podcast episode we share ideas to properly manage define benefits and defined contribution retirement plans so they do not disrupt your M&A deal. -
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Aligning HRs role in deal making
October 04, 2022 | Episode 12 | 09:46In this episode, Scott Gardiner shares his 20+ years of deal experience to highlight his observations about the M&A landscape and the importance of aligning HR for successful deal-making. -
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Talent retention strategy during an M&A
August 30, 2022 | Episode 11 | 17:00What is the focus area on deal professionals minds? Retention in deals. We discuss how to plan for retention during a deal and how to execute effectively to retain critical talent and protect their deal thesis. -
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How talent can influence deal insights
July 8, 2022 | Episode 10 | 11:43In this episode, we uncover how talent is integral to all M&A deals and how business leaders can use talent data to strategise pre-day 1 to ensure their deal will succeed. -
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Driving deal value in the auto industry
May 23, 2022 | Episode 9 | 11:40A shift to electric and autonomous vehicles creates new talent challenges for the auto industry, and they're only amplified by accelerating M&A activity. Explore how leaders can manage these challenges in our latest episode.
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