Addressing Talent Issues During a M&A or Restructuring
Amid the chaos that often accompanies mergers and acquisitions or restructuring, senior leaders often focus on sales, distribution, R&D and other operational strategies with talent strategy left as an afterthought.
But as history has taught us, this approach can lead to costly talent mistakes down the road.
To do it right, talent concerns need to be considered in tandem with the new organizational blueprint. Making sense of the enormous talent questions that accompany an M&A or restructuring is essential to the long-term success of the new organization.
Determine Who Has What it Takes
DDI’s experience working with organizations such as Columbia Gas of Ohio, Quest Diagnostics, and SBC in restructuring, reengineering, and merger/acquisition situations can help you answer questions like: Which leaders have what it takes to carry out our new business strategy successfully? How will we ensure execution of new vision throughout the organization?
We can help you to:
- Conduct a Strategic Talent Review to audit the readiness of your senior team to execute new imperatives
- Develop Success ProfilesSM to quickly and accurately identify what is needed for successful job performance
- Assess candidates against these profiles to identify the best possible talent to place in the most critical roles
- Develop these leaders who moving into new roles to ensure they hit the ground running and produce the desired results
- Ensure effective strategy execution and performance management systems are place to achieve organizational goals
- Uncover gaps in talent capability and capacity and what’s needed to successfully execute business strategy in the new organization.