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Best Practices for Communications During an M&A Transaction
A big component of a successful M&A transaction is identifying and minimizing risks. Do not overlook the risks associated with how communications are handled. You risk sinking a deal if this is no…
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I Disagree With You
You must admit, those four words can be pretty unsettling. The notion that someone might challenge our opinion, our position or our point of view can quicken our pulse and make us recoil or recede fro…
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Navigating Deal Communications
Co-authored by Matt Sullivan Mergers, acquisitions, divestitures – these are some of the most challenging communication scenarios investor relations and corporate teams face. And even in the face of…
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M&A Communications – The Risk-Management Role of Corporate Communications
According to Pitchbook, 2017 is shaping up to be a record year in terms of capital invested in mergers and acquisitions – the events that recast companies, industries, employee and customer and inve…
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Deal Communications – A Different Kind of Hell’s Kitchen
Mergers, acquisitions, divestitures – these are some of the most challenging communications scenarios corporate teams face. Moreover, they are intense change-management exercises since they introduc…
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The Value of Vulnerability
There’s no shortage of “how to manage a crisis” articles, experts and opinions. But I recently stumbled upon a Harvard Business Review (HBR) piece entitled “The Organizational Apology” that…
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