Mergers Leadership, Performance and Corporate Health

Healthy mergers are commonly hindered by easily avoidable mistakes: poorly-defined strategic fit, under-resourcing of the integration team and lack of attention from senior management during the integration process. In this essential new book, the authors recognize the importance of a strong managerial discipline and extensive integration experience in counteracting these problems. This book offers fresh, practical ideas about the role of CEOs and senior management in post-merger integration, and suggests innovative, realistic approaches to accomplish strong post-merger success.

DAVID G. FUBINI is a Director of McKinsey & Company, Inc., United States/Boston Office. David currently leads the Firm’s Worldwide Post Merger Practice and has also served as the North American Leader of the Organization Practice. David has been with the Firm for over 25 years, during which time he has led efforts for over two dozen of the world’s largest mergers. He has also worked extensively in the area of organization transformation improvement. David received a degree in Business Administration with honors from the University of Massachusetts, and a master’s degree in Business Administration, with distinction, from Harvard University.

COLIN PRICE is a Partner of McKinsey and Company and Director of the London office, and the co-author of several books including the bestseller Straight from the CEO (reissue; Nicholas Brealey, 1998) and Wisdom of the CEO (John Wiley, 2000). He was formerly global head of the Strategic Change consulting practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers and is a regular speaker at international conferences.

MAURIZIO ZOLLO is the Shell Fellow in Business and the Environment, and Associate Professor of Strategy at INSEAD. He holds a PhD degree in Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA, and a Laurea degree in Monetary Economics from Bocconi University, Italy. Before starting his academic career, he had extensive professional experience in management consulting and investment banking advisory services for firms like McKinsey & Company and Merrill Lynch.