Mannaz - founded as The Danish Leadership Institute/DIEU
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Merging people building blocks

The series of concepts and tools to support organisations in their efforts to reap the business benefits of mergers consist of six building blocks.


The six building blocks:

  • The Merger Lab
  • The Merger Barometer
  • Merger Coaching
  • Merger Surprise & Time Outs
  • Merger Communication
  • Merger Energisers



The Merger Lab
A learning laboratory on the people aspects of mergers - pre, during and post integration

Outcomes:

  • Create a company specific guide on good people mergerpractices
  • Highlight the value of people focus in mergers
  • Build specific people merger competencies

The Merger Barometer
A tool to measure the temperature of the organisation – pre, during and post

Outcomes:

  • Measurement of "soft" success criteria – at individual, team and organisational level
  • Early warning system which identifies pockets of resistance (and areas of good practice)
  • Continuous tracking of progress against plan

Merger Coaching
Coaching individuals and teams to high performance in turbulent times

Outcomes:

  • Channel and focus the people ‘energy’ appropriately
  • Help individuals and teams clearly understand the new context despite the complexity and ambiguity of mergers
  • Assist individuals and teams in defining their roles and creating a sense of accountability and responsibility
  • Executive coaching of key people who need to act as role models through mergers

Merger Surprise & Time Outs
Conflict resolution and crisis support to individuals and teams

Outcomes:

  • Minimise disruption and paralysis created by unexpected events during mergers
  • Put difficult situations in context and resolve problems to keep key people focussed
  • Reframe difficult situations to keep focus of key people
  • Time out for process reflection to redirect energy

Merger Communication
Co-designed communication plans for mergers

Outcomes:

  • Carefully managed internal and external communication to employees, customers and other stakeholders
  • Brand positioning in merged organisation
  • Pragmatic tools and checklists to help line managers communicate with and motivate their teams
  • Media training

Merger Energisers
A series of tools, systems and processes to optimise the commitment curves of key people in mergers

Outcomes:

  • Identify competency gaps in key people
  • Retain key people to ensure commitment and ownership
  • Review of key policies and processes, e.g. performance management systems to support the merger

Contact Mannaz
For further information please contact one of the following:

Copenhagen office, tel.: +45 4517 6000:
Jørgen Thorsell, Executive Vice President
Birgit Jung, Chief Consultant

London Office, tel.: +44 (0) 207 845 9940:
Inger Buus, Director