Five Frogs on a Log: A CEO's Field Guide to Accelerating the Transition in Merge
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (649 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0471988235 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 220 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Katharine Halpin said A Must Read for Executives involved in Growth and Acceleration via Mergers and Acquisitions. I'm so happy and grateful that a close colleague introduced me to the Author, Mark Feldman, and this valuable book that contains so many practical and simple methods to build integration after a merger or acquisition. I've been frustrated my entire career watching integration efforts stall and value decline. This book provides simple solutions. I highly recommend it. Here's a great summary:Base the transition strategy on the economic value driversAggressively manage communications in order to secure stakeholder support and acceptanceLaunch small, fast-paced, short term transition teams that will accelerate implementation of the value driver. "This book saved my company twice" according to A Customer. I've purchased over 50 copies of this book. Before our first acquisition attempt, I bought this book for the entire executive team. We used it as a field manual. It was great. It gave us solid guidance and confidence while we were sorting out union accommodations and shareholder approvals. But, when union demands became difficult we remembered the authors saying that deal momentum often results in closing bad deals. This is because CEOs generally don't want to walk away from the high investment of time and resources they have already put into deal completion. The authors compellingly asserted that with the odds generally against acquisition. Pragmatic, Insightful, and Results-oriented This is what I found useful reading the book:1. The book lets you know what to expect in M&A and Transitions.2. It lets you gain insights on economic value creation, and teaches you to focus on the bottom-line.3. It provides a clear framework for communications at different levels to different stakeholders (customers, employees, shareholders, regulators, vendors, et al.)Pragmatic, Insightful, and Results-oriented Ram Lakshmanan This is what I found useful reading the book:1. The book lets you know what to expect in M&A and Transitions.2. It lets you gain insights on economic value creation, and teaches you to focus on the bottom-line.3. It provides a clear framework for communications at different levels to different stakeholders (customers, employees, shareholders, regulators, vendors, et al.)4. It also sensitizes you to potential competitive threats during the critical period of transition.5. It virtually hands you a launch plan for transition, but with enough insights via stories and incidents that you can adapt it; and learn multidimensionally. (e.g., What wou. . It also sensitizes you to potential competitive threats during the critical period of transition.5. It virtually hands you a launch plan for transition, but with enough insights via stories and incidents that you can adapt it; and learn multidimensionally. (e.g., What wou
--Howard Rothman. Written by Mark L. To complicate matters, they face what amounts to a new company and a set of unexpected demands that can easily divert them from capturing the value that drove the deal." With help from insightful illustrations and quotations from those who have been there, Feldman and Spratt build upon their basic theory--that speed is of the essence in corporate upheavals of this type--by offering pragmatic solutions for the myriad problems that invariably arise. Spratt, both partners and managing directors of PricewaterhouseCoooper's global M&A consulting division, the book aims to help managers through the "jolts, curves, and emotional potholes" tha
Spratt of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Five Frogs on a Log offers readers an entertaining and no-nonsense field guide to the mergers and acquisitions jungle, packed with insight and instruction for executing corporate change and capturing shareholder value. Feldman and Michael F. Written by Mark L. Whether you're buying another company or acquiring a new vision of the future, this book proffers an unconventional perspective and a practical, readily accessible set of solutions to the single greatest challenge facing today's managers: executing rapid transitions ion mergers, acquisitions and gut wrenching change. Whatever the challenges and opportunities facing you, your company, your industry, Five Frogs on a Log will move you from deciding to doing.. Four decide to jump off. They will use these decisions to take early firm stands on management deployment, organization structure and culture. Their actions will increasingly be linked to long-term, sustained economic value creation." The advice and expertise offered in this book can be used to solve a range of operational problems from speeding up new product development to merging two businesses; from changing company culture to repositioning a business in a while new marketplace. The authors offer a unique hands-on perspective based on their work with top Fortune 500 firms. A riddle: Five frogs are sitt