However, according to the Harvard Business Review, between 70 and 90% of mergers and acquisitions fail to deliver that value.
Protean can help to deliver the results that you, and your clients, expect.
Our focus on aligning Leadership, People, Process and Technology is proven to get better results.
Integration strategy
This requires openness, honesty and challenge from the leadership team.
Using an external consultancy to facilitate this boardroom work provides a level of independence and ensures that assumptions are challenged.
- Building a shared vision
- Defining integration objectives
- Assessing and mitigating risks
- Building the case for change
- Leadership integration & team building
Protean can support all aspects of business integrations, working alongside your teams in the affected to deliver lasting benefits whilst managing all stakeholders.
Our experienced consultants are able to quickly understand your challenges, and tailor our approach to your needs.
Programme Management
There are so many threads to consider when integrating two or more businesses. Making sure that the players all know what is happening is critical.
Using our Agile Programme approach and tools like 100-day plans, we can help ensure that you’ve covered all the bases.
- Cross-team communication
- Product / Work breakdown
- 100-day plans
- Leadership visibility
- Risk management
- Assurance
Change Management
You need to bring everyone along on your integration journey. Everyone, including the leadership team, need to understand what it means for them.
And it’s not just about your employees. Your customers need to understand where they will benefit. This means understanding in depth their current experiences, and ensuring they only see improvement.
- Compelling case for change
- Client expectations
- Business change impact assessment
- Communications
- Benefits realisation planning and tracking
Product & Service Alignment
Either way, Protean can help you to come up with a strategy to leverage the strengths of the new organisation.
- Market assessment
- Segmentation and differentiation
- Product roadmaps
- Supply chain synergies
Marketing integration
Protean has experience in brand transition and marketing communications to ensure a positive reception by your current and future clients.
- Offering development
- Branding
- Website design
Organisational integration
Protean HR associates are experienced professionals with experience of transformation in large, complex environments.
- Organisation design
- Employment terms and benefits alignment
- TUPE
- Skills gap assessments
Operations integration
Just as important is the development of common management disciplines, under a single performance management approach.
- Shared service development
- Standardisation
- Management review structures
- Aligned objectives
Financial integration
Most organisations have this aspect well covered, however Protean does have access to associate consultants who can support.
- Legal entities
- Accounting policies
- Consolidation
Business Process integration
Strong management systems can provide an important foundation for change. Ensuring that roles and responsibilities are clearly defined is essential to ensure work does not drop between the cracks!
- Pre-integration process capture
- Process redesign
- Common Management System development & platforms
- Certification synergies
Technology Integration
Protean has experience of managing large and complex technology transformations, working with in-house and external suppliers to deliver change on time.
- Business analysis
- IT Product planning
- Develop vs Buy
- IT project management
- Environment management