On this week’s episode of M&A Masters, we sit down with Laurin Parthemos to talk about culture. Laurin is a Principal at Kotter, a company named after Dr. John Kotter, the world’s foremost change expert. Kotter’s approach to merger & acquisition integration focuses on culture and people first.
Show Notes
On this week’s episode of M&A Masters, we sit down with Laurin Parthemos to talk about culture. Laurin is a Principal at Kotter, a company named after Dr. John Kotter, the world’s foremost change expert. Kotter’s approach to merger & acquisition integration focuses on culture and people first.
Laurin says, “Culture is more and more seen as that differentiator within an industry to say we have a strong culture where people want to work.”
Listen as she walks us through:
- Three ways to acknowledge (and counter) the survive or thrive mindset of change and help an organization move forward
- The key to the path forward when integrating organizations with varying cultures—she’ll share a case study of the positive results they achieved (with long-time rival companies)
- The monumental shift in the talent pool—what’s behind it
- One of the most overlooked things most miss when planning integration and catalysts for forward momentum
- And much more
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