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Mergers & Acquisitions: The Importance of Creating a Shared Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

The two cultures must harmonize to achieve the desired financial goals of the new organization and avoid a clash. This push leads to an organizational priority placed on financials, and creating a shared culture takes a back seat to financial needs. Anyone who has endured an M&A knows how stressful it can be for everyone.

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ZS Associates Firm Profile

Management Consulted

They came up with incredible solutions in change management and supporting tools for the human resources side of marketing and sales. Financial Services and Private Equity. In 1987, ZS was employed by a large U.S. corporation to reorganize, redesign, and reallocate U.S. sales force teams. It was the mother of all projects.

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Value-Based Care Alone Won’t Reduce Health Spending and Improve Patient Outcomes

Harvard Business

We suffered a financial loss because there was a significant reduction of utilization of hospital services that otherwise would have been reimbursed (the grant mitigated some of that loss.) However, this was outweighed by the reduction in utilization of hospital services. These barriers could not be addressed with FFS.