Based on the authors' consulting experience with numerous Fortune 500 companies, this resource will help you capture the synergies of your next merger or acquisition more quickly and effectively. Augmenting their step-by-step advice with helpful templates, checklists, graphs and tools; Galpin and Herndon provide sound guidance for successfully integrating different processes, organizations, and cultures. The authors also address pre-deal dos and don'ts, people dynamics, common mistakes, communications strategies, and specific actions you can take to create measurable positive results throughout the integration process.

This is a very timely and useful book. The authors are clearly speaking from experience, and they present many practical concepts, activities, and tools. Merger managers who read this book are likely to increase shareholder value. --Henry Hutson, corporate vice president of human resources, Global Knowledge Network, Inc. The tools that Tim Galpin and Mark Herndon describe have been a great help to us in integrating people, processes, and cultures, which are critical steps in delivering the full value of a merger or acquisition. --Dan F. Smith, president and CEO, Lyondell Chemical Company When integrating two organizations and cultures, putting the proper process in place is key. This guide will help you avoid the pitfalls and follow the key steps to success. --Jeff Hemmer, vice president of customer supply chain, Equistar Chemicals

TIMOTHY J. GALPIN is President of Integration Partners, LLC, and has been involved in over thirty successful mergers. He is the author of two previous books, The Human Side of Change and Making Strategy Work, both from Jossey--Bass. MARK HERNDON serves as regional leader for Merger and Acquisition Services with Watson Wyatt Worldwide. As a consultant on more than twenty integration assignments, his work has focused on designing and implementing merger integration approaches that maximize the speed, synergy capture, and strategic communication of the deal.