It is no secret that the majority of mergers and acquisitions fail to become sustaining, profitable businesses.  A major factor in those failures can often be found in the M & A process itself. 

The traditional M & A process usually involves four areas that are managed as a coordinated effort:  pre-deal planning, due diligence, integration planning and actual implementation of the plan.  Most authorities agree that they key to making profitable, sustaining mergers lies in the human, or "soft" element, often overlooked in the process, or addressed too late in the process to be beneficial to the success of the venture. 

ProAssessement Source's professionals can become a part of your M & A process in the earliest planning stages to ensure that you have an acute understanding of the critical human factors that will be key to your decision to proceed.  Our assessments, and if you wish, interviews, can give you invaluable data about the organizations' culture, leadership, core competencies, skills, values, policies and procedures, as well as management's ability to not only manage the business of the merger, but the all important human element--the people that will make the venture successful. 

Mergers often involve identification and retention of key managers and employees.  By becoming involved in the M & A process in the earliest stages, we will help you assess the organization's human strengths and weaknesses, quickly identify key individuals at all levels of the organization, and assist you in the development and  implementation of retention strategies.  

From the planning and due diligence stages to final implementation, ProAssessment Source can help you make the strongest decisions about the most critical element of M & A success:  the people.