Culture Due Diligence Diagnostics

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

• Strengthen due diligence with penetrating cultural insights for better "go/no-go" decisions on M&A deals
• Identify key culture risks to the integration process
• Lay the foundation for accelerated integration
• Determine compatibility of operating styles
• Set the stage for effective "expectation management" with the workforce regarding upcoming culture change
• Identify "culture wild cards" that can interfere with post-merger success
• Generate rich insights into existing culture strengths and weaknesses
• Help integration teams understand and manage sensitive cultural issues

CULTURE CHANGE INITIATIVES

• Focus the organization on mission-critical culture traits
• Uncover important organizational "blind spots" about the existing culture
• Amplify and build upon current cultural assets
• Target new cultural possibilities that should be pursued
• Highlight critical gaps between the existing and desired cultures
• Identify key challenges and roadblocks to culture change
• Prioritize needed cultural shifts so they can be addressed in the right sequence
• Establish baseline data and trend lines to track culture change