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Mergers & Acquisitions: The Importance of Creating a Shared Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

Culture is acutely critical during notable changes, such as M&As, which offer an opportunity for a renewed start on culture. When two organizations combine through mergers and acquisitions for economic reasons, it is doubtful that the two cultures will remain precisely the same.

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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

For instance, financial consultants provide advice to organizations on financial matters. This might include advice on asset management, tax structuring, or capital structuring to reduce financing costs and sources of risk (e.g. Finance, HR, Supply Chain, ICT, Legal).

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Towers Watson Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Created as a result of a 2010 merger between Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Towers Watson combines the financial services expertise of the old Towers Perrin with the human capital expertise of the old Watson Wyatt. A total of 8 Managing Directors over various regions and issue areas help him lead the widely respected firm.

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What High Performing HR Business Partners Do Differently

LSA Global

It is almost impossible to make strategic and impactful talent decisions without understanding the strategic and financial context in which they are being made. High performing HR Business Partners understand business drivers and tend to come from functional roles like sales, operations, finance, or engineering.

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How People Analytics Can Help You Change Process, Culture, and Strategy

Harvard Business

In one example, a people analytics team at a global CPG company was enlisted to help optimize a financial process that took place monthly in every country subsidiary around the world. In bottoms-up cultural transformation initiatives, the how things are done is equally or more important than what is done.

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What Spinning Off a GE Business Taught Me About Managing Ultra-Fast Change

Harvard Business

Change management can be a test for any organization. Several studies by Towers Watson show that just 25% of change management initiatives are successful over the long term. Change management certainly tested us. We have hired more than 5,000 new employees since beginning the effort in late 2013.)

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How Women of Color Get to Senior Management

Harvard Business

A recent study of VC firms found that more-diverse teams had higher financial returns than their homogenous counterparts. They were employed in midlevel to upper-midlevel management positions in strategy, finance, marketing, legal, operations, and technology functions. They confidently seize opportunities.