A KPMG study says 83% of mergers fail. Listen to Karen Walker describe how to reduce the risk of an epic fail during your next merger and acquisition.
Listen to “#21. Leading Successful Mergers and Acquisitions with Karen Walker” on Spreaker.
Tune in to learn the following:
- The difference between a merger and an acquisition
- Common forgotten elements of a successful merger and acquisition
- The key team members that should be on a merger and acquisition team
- Essential questions that should be part of every merger and acquisition
- Tactics to develop a clear message about the new company strategy that the new business unit will embrace and execute
- Great metrics leaders can use to measure merger and acquisition success
- Post-deal best practices
Karen Walker Bio
Karen has been in your shoes. As employee #104 at Compaq Computer, Karen helped lead the (then) fastest growing – and fastest to $1 billion in revenue – company in American history. After working at Compaq for fourteen years, with annual revenues growing to $15 billion, she left to begin her consultancy.
For the past two decades, she has been an strategic advisor, coach, and consultant to high level leaders facing growth at lightspeed — supporting outcomes including IPOs, acquisitions, dramatic market share increases.. Karen’s clients include startups, Inc. 500 and Fortune 500 firms.
Karen has a B.S. degree in engineering from Texas A&M University and attended Columbia University for post-graduate studies.
She resides in Jupiter, FL, although she can most often be found aloft in seat 2C.
Karen Walker Contact Information
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