Post-Merger Integration: Building the Mindset, Skills, and Discipline Needed for Deal Success

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June 16

After 35 years at McKinsey and more than a decade at Harvard Business School advising on some of the world’s largest transactions, David Fubini reveals why integration, not the deal itself, is the most fundamental determinant of M&A success.

Integration Is Where Deals Are Won or Lost.

After 35 years at McKinsey and more than a decade at Harvard Business School advising on some of the world’s largest transactions, David Fubini reveals why integration, not the deal itself, is the most fundamental determinant of M&A success.

David Fubini

David Fubini

Post-merger integration is the most fundamental determinant of deal success.

David Fubini

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

From the big issues around people and culture to the finer details of synergy planning and tracking, David lights…

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Robert Isom

Robert Isom

Chief Executive Officer, American Airlines

David has achieved a fresh approach to integration that will change how you think about attaining success.

Bob Gamgort

Bob Gamgort

Chairman and former CEO, Keurig Dr Pepper

David distills the messy realities of integration into guidance leaders can actually use, offering remarkable clarity…

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Guhan Subramanian

Guhan Subramanian

Joseph Flom Professor of Law & Business, Harvard Law School; Professor of Business Law, HBS

Post-Merger Integration is essential reading for anyone serious about capturing deal value, not just announcing it.

Craig Oxman

Craig Oxman

Vice Chairman in bulge bracket investment banking

Value is won or lost in how you execute integration. This book brings together that insight, offering leaders the mindset…

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James McLetchie

James McLetchie

President and CEO, The Massy Group

WHAT This Book Is About

Hundreds of billions in anticipated deal value are lost every year, not because of bad strategy or flawed due diligence, but because of poor integration.

Drawing on 35 years at McKinsey and more than a decade at Harvard, David Fubini reveals a fundamental truth: every deal is unique, every integration must be bespoke, and effective integration leadership operates at the level of mindset, not tactics or playbooks.

Envision

Envision

How to frame your integration and build the mindset from the outset.

Plan

Plan

How to translate the deal rationale into a rigorous, actionable integration masterplan.

Implement

Implement

How to run the integration, including the hardest challenge of all, cultural integration, and prepare for the next deal.

WHAT Readers Will Gain

01

FRAMEWORK

A framework for developing an Integration Mindset; the quality that connects every successful integration.

02

INTEGRATION TRAPS

The six integration traps that derail even experienced leaders, and the truths that help avoid them.

03

CASE STUDIES

Real-world case studies from transactions David advised on personally, including American Airlines–US Airways, Keurig–Dr Pepper, and Suntory–Beam.

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