Overview Program Customized Programs Meet our Global M&A Leaders Registration Terms and Conditions

Get the most out of the deal

  • Gain valuable insights into the key people risks and opportunities for various deal types
  • Identify and manage real-world people-related challenges
  • Optimize the price paid and capture greater synergies from your transaction

Why attend?

Mercer's 70 years of M&A experience proves that strategic pre-deal preparation improves the organization's ability to support successful transactions. We believe that early strategy and planning help avoid costly mistakes, capture greater synergies and improve overall results.

 

Mercer's acclaimed M&A Ready™ Development Program consists of an intensive and highly interactive two-day workshop covering every deal phase from planning through to post-deal implementation enabling you to identify and manage real-world people-related challenges, optimize the price paid and capture greater synergies from your transaction.

What do you gain?

Networking

Exchange best practices and network with peers and Mercer M&A experts.

Valuable Insights

Gain vital insights on human capital issues in the end-to-end deal phase.

Strategy and Activity Alignment

Learn to master the alignment of business strategies with M&A activities and become a valuable partner to the executive team.

Planning & Execution

Strategic planning and effective execution prepare you to meet the challenges that arise during the deal.

Real-World Experience

Mercer M&A Advisory Services consultants and other participants share their deal experiences – including best practices and lessons learned.

Tools & Resources

Receive tools and resources that you can apply immediately to your actual deals.

Who should attend?

Senior HR Executives

The Mercer M&A Ready™ Development Program prepares you to tackle the critical people issues that drive M&A success – issues such as retention, key talent assessment, workforce engagement, compensation and benefits, and cultural integration (i.e. the alignment of business strategy, structure, processes and people).

Corporate Development / Strategy and Finance Executives

The Mercer M&A Ready™ Development Program provides valuable insight into key people risks and opportunities for the different types of deals you manage. This enables you to prove the deal thesis and evaluate the people-related impacts in order to optimize the price paid and capture greater synergies from your transaction.

Business Leaders

Your next transaction may be a critical point in your organization's growth. The Mercer M&A Ready™ Development Program demonstrates how a laser-focus on securing the right talent in the right jobs can vastly increase your chances of success and improve your long-term business results.

Customized training

Mercer also delivers private development programs tailored to individual organizations' unique needs. Our customized program can be conducted in local languages using country-specific or global material.

Global faculty

Mercer M&A Transaction Services consultants bring their deal experience with proven strategic solutions for success. Each faculty member brings with them an extensive breadth of knowledge, insights and regional experience.

 

 

 

 

What participants are saying about the Mercer M&A Ready™ Development Program

Over the past 15 years, more than 5,000 professionals from a diverse mix of companies around the world have endorsed The Mercer M&A Ready™ Development Program and have consistently ranked the program 4.8 out of 5.0.

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    The combination of material and the case simulations helped accelerate my learning. The class was engaging and the speakers were confident in their knowledge and presentation.

    -Christina Dickenson

    HR M&A Deal Lead, Intel Corporation

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    An absolute prerequisite before engaging in any acquisition.

    -Wesley Zirkle

    Executive Vice President, JMI

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    Excellent content and instructors. I wish I had taken this years earlier.

    -Paul Zaninovichk

    VP Global HR, FLIR Systems, Inc.

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    The energy was kept high both days with high group involvement encouraged. This was a great supplement to the core concepts being presented.

    -Brice Harrison

    Acquisitions, Cerner

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    This has been one of the most informative and timely conferences I have attended in 25 years of work.

    -Ronan O'Loann

    VP, Global Talent & Org Effectiveness, F5 Networks

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    One of the best PD events I have attended. The level of expertise in the room was invaluable, learned as much from fellow participants as the presenters.

    -Tonya Fleming

    VP General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Painted Pony Petroleum

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    The M&A Ready program was led by a strong M&A team. The program was engaging. Used a good balance of presentation, participant participation and deal simulation.

    -Alija Majsterek

    Director, Benefits & HR Administration, IDEX

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    If your company is going for/planning M&A activities this a must-do training for the HR professional (HR PMO).

    -Pia Metzlaff

    Sr HR Manager org. change and M&A, Circle K Europe

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