The Day1 Ready Promise: Helping Leaders Achieve
M&A Success, Day One
Jennifer equips organizational leaders with the right mindset, roadmap and leadership tools to lead their teams through the change, transitions and uncertainty of mergers and acquisitions in one day.
ENABLING COMPANIES PURSUING M&A TO
Retain Talent
Reduce Costs
Empower Leaders
Is It Any Wonder
70-90% of Mergers & Acquisition Deals Fail?*
“Sources: Mercer: People Risks in M&A Transactions, 2016; The Authoritative Guide to Integration Success, Pritchett, 1997; HBR: The New M&A Playbook, 2011; After the Merger: Don’t let Us vs Them Thinking Ruin the Company, 2018; Human Resource Executive, 2007 Study of 1,000 executives; SHRM, 2017 Talent Acquisition Benchmarking Report”
Despite using data to drive most business decisions many companies overlook one of the most important contributors to the success of any M&A – the human factor.
Without people, nothing moves forward and in order for your business transition to succeed you must address the “people challenges” that most M&A's bring.
Deal Execution, Not Numbers, Determines
M&A Success
People Drive Execution. People Also Create Drama.
In a CEO survey, 73% of executives claimed their deals failed because of "unexpected people problems".
"People Problems" aren't unexpected when your leaders are prepared.
“Source: HBR: The human side of mergers and how to make them work, Chartered Management Institute, 2016 study.”
INTRODUCING A BETTER APPROACH
The Day1 Ready™ Method
The Day1 Ready Method is a proven framework for successful M&A leaders and teams no matter where the company is in your M&A journey.
Executive Alignment
Work Sessions
Intimate sessions to prepare
senior management with an
M&A leadership mindset.
Frontline Leader
Workshops
Coaching to adapt an
M&A Leadership mindset and create
a roadmap for deal success.
M&A Leadership
Coaching
Active workshops to help frontline
leaders navigate themselves & their
teams through change & uncertainty.
WHAT YOUR LEADERS & TEAMS WILL GAIN
Clarity
See past the uncertainty
Mindset
Adopt the right attitude for uncertainty
Courage
Create possibilities and opportunities
Roadmap
Follow a proven process for M&A success
Confidence
Learn to know and show your value
Tools
Gain new ways of leading in times of change
1Day Workshop Topics Include:
WORKSHOP .01
Getting from Denial to Acceptance
Jennifer shows how music can be a powerful tool to help people embrace change.
WORKSHOP .02
Using her T.E.A. Framework, Jennifer demonstrates the mindset shift required to lead people through uncertainty.
Leading Ourselves & Our Teams
Additional Workshop Topics
- What Change and Uncertainty Does to People
- Mitigating “Us vs Them” thinking to Get to “We”
- The Nuance of Communications During Change
- To Make Culture Integration Work, Think Like a Tourist
- The M&A Personas: Identifying and Understanding How People React in Times of Change
CEO’s Call Jennifer
the “M&A Whisperer”
JENNIFER HAS BEEN ON ALL SIDES OF THE DEAL
During her time as a C-Suite executive, Jennifer led teams through three separate, multi-billion dollar M&A deals. She saw countless growth strategies fail due to a workforce that couldn’t pivot and adapt as quickly as leadership anticipated.
Her experience led her to create Day1 Ready™, a proven framework and approach that empowers C-suite executives, entrepreneurs, business owners, and frontline managers to lead their organization through the unique people challenges of mergers, acquisitions and business transitions.
AWARD-WINNING M&A CONSULTANT
WHAT HER CLIENTS ARE SAYING
Client Testimonials
“Being able to obtains Jennifers support during the merger and acquisition of my brand was priceless.”
CLARA CORONA DE LAU // CEO // BIOMEDICA LABORATORIES
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“Jennifer led our M&A transition team with her Day1 ready principles. She engaged us with narratives and personas from her M&A experiences and provided a roadmap to break down barriers and merge as one team. Her approach is vital for any organization preparing for an M&A event.”
DWAYNE GRANT // V.P. CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE // ENTELO -
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“Jennifer guided our leaders in our largest merger. She helped avoid cultural clashes and team dysfunction. Our teams integrated smoothly and improved collaboration. We kept most key leaders after two years.”
MELANIE PAYNE // CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER // SYNITI -
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“[One of] Jennifer's key takeaways was so thought provoking and powerful, "In a great partnership, both parties bring the best of themselves to the union." That's what our job is in our relationships and our [organization's] future. If I could hang something over my door, it would be that."
TIM WENTWORTH // CEO // EXPRESS SCRIPTS
SAMPLE CLIENTS INCLUDE:
Let's Create M&A Success Together
ARE YOU READY?
STEP 1
Book a Discovery Call
Share where you are in your M&A journey and Jennifer can provide an M&A success assessment.
STEP 2
Review Day1 Proposal
Jennifer shares her recommended
action plan based on
M&A success assessment
STEP 3
Conduct Day 1 Session
Jennifer leads executives, and organizational leaders through recommended session
to achieve M&A success
Still Have Questions? No Problem
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You can engage Jennifer at any point during your M&A journey. Whether you are contemplating a deal and need insights on how to prepare; are in the middle of negotiating one and want to get the leadership aligned; or already in the post-deal integration phase and things have not gone as planned, Jennifer sets you and your team up for M&A success.
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Jennifer has worked with Fortune 500 companies, middle-market, and small businesses. Her mission is to help all companies succeed in the people strategy of their M&A journey.
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Jennifer works with leaders at all levels of an organization. She equips senior executives, frontline leaders, and organization changemakers with the necessary mindset, approach and set of tools to succeed in their M&A journey.
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Jennifer coaches C-Suite executives, entrepreneurs, business owners and frontline leaders, helping them define their people strategy and advising them on M&A integration best practices.
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Jennifer’s workshops provide leaders at all levels with the right mindset, approach and set of tools to guide people through M&A. Topics include culture assessment and integration; moving individuals from denial to acceptance; identifying and anticipating post-deal opportunities/challenges; unique communication needs through the M&A journey.
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In addition to leadership alignment sessions and one-day workshops, Jennifer coaches executives on M&A best practices and partners with Learning and Development to provide leadership training tools and support frontline leaders/middle managers.
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Yes, Jennifer has advised and contributed to integration plans, with special focus on the unique leadership demands of mergers and acquisitions.
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Jennifer advises and contributes her culture and change management insights to integration plans, with special focus on the unique leadership demands of M&A.