Webinar: Why Cultural Due-Diligence is crucial for Deal Success

Cultural Due Diligence has recently made an appearance all across but still remains a mystery for most of the organizations dealing with an M&A process. This may lead to adversely impacting the collective organization’s capability to deliver value to customers as well as stakeholders in the long term.

During an M&A, there is a need to understand the typical behavioral patterns and the fundamental culture cues to make sure that in the future, both organizations can work together in the best possible manner, mitigating any adverse impact on all the people involved. An in-depth understanding of the two cultures during the due diligence phase is extremely crucial to eliminate any traces of ambiguity and make things crystal clear so that there is transparency for both parties involved in the process.

What you will learn from the Webinar:

• What Cultural Due-Diligence is and how it is relevant in today's scenario for the organizations involved in an M&A process
• The way deal strategies influence the degree of cultural diligence conducted on a target company
• How to create an action plan to mitigate the adverse impact that culture mis-fitment have in the future

Guest Speakers:

Klint C. Kendrick:

He is the Director HR Strategic Workforce initiatives in SC Johnson. He is a HR and M&A Leader who has 15+ years of experience leading key growth initiatives in diverse industries including Manufacturing, Aerospace, Défense, Media and IT. He is not only a renowned Keynote speaker but also an expert in delivering innovative, high-quality, cost-effective solutions and people strategies to increase profitability and productivity through organizational effectiveness and employee engagement in a fast-paced environment. He is well recognized as an authority on people, culture and leadership issues in M&A who has presented at high-profile events sponsored by Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg BNA, McKinsey, Mercer, Willis Towers Watson, and Chicago Booth.

Mark Walztoni:

He is the Managing Director of Crowe and also leads it’s HR M&A and Change practice.
He has a 30+ years of diverse industry and consulting experience with deep expertise in M&A due diligence, integration, culture and change leadership, human capital strategy, operations, employee communications, and leadership development. He has not only worked in the capacity of senior human resources leadership roles with American Express, Ernst & Young, IGATE Capital, and Thomson Reuters, but has also assisted entrepreneurs, private equity firms and their portfolio companies as a CHRO, human capital advisor and a venture partner.