2022 HR M&A Conference and Training Dallas, TX

The development of M&A capabilities, leadership perspectives, and HR practices are still in their adolescence. It’s time to pivot to a new paradigm, as evidenced by the ongoing struggle to overcome continued high failure rates. John will reveal this contemporary approach and provide invaluable insights for HR professionals to elevate, influence and lead their organizations to the next level of M&A success because HR is positioned to be the catalyst for change and evolution! 

In this keynote, John Nelson will share his perspective on the emerging best and next practices around M&A capabilities through the lens of “Intelligent M&A”.  He’ll share his personal leadership journey and lessons learned from a career in HR, culminating in a focus on business transformations and now Intelligent M&A. John will challenge paradigms, introduce next practices, and offer guidance for HR leaders who want to elevate HR, developing next level M&A capabilities. 

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The business case for retaining “A” players and engaging other employees during your next acquisition is clear, given today’s staffing challenges. Applying “best practices” is often advocated as the solution, but adoption without adaption creates "cut and paste" methodology risks. Understanding, aligning, and adapting "leading practices" to your communication, culture, change, and capability development initiatives will lower or avoid these risks. In this session, we will explore critical retention principles, spending most of our time focused on practical, proven, and powerful leading practices and applications to improve employee retention and integration success.

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One of the most common complaints of HR M&A professionals is HR matters taking a back seat to deal financials and operational issues, rather than giving them equal footing. HR practitioners intuitively understand that how we manage people, leadership, and culture will either create or destroy deal value, but often struggle to communicate how deal value is affected and why leaders should pay attention to these issues early in the deal.

During this session, Rosylin Johnson (Senior Director of Total Rewards Strategy and Governance) and Sridhar Koneru (Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions, Investments) will share how Corporate Development and HR can effectively partner to address the people issues that make or break deals.

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The last few years have brought unprecedented change and challenges for both HR and M&A. We’ve been navigating a global pandemic, the shift to hybrid work and record-breaking deal volume. Handling this triple threat has required agility and innovation in how we onboard acquired employees and leaders. Please join us for a conversation with Kim Jones and Nathan Stanley from Microsoft to share what has worked, what hasn’t, and a few fun stories along the way.

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A lot has change in the last two years, with the global pandemic, Great Resignation, skyrocketing inflation, and record deal volumes colliding to create a swirl of challenges for today’s businesses. In this panel session, the HR M&A experts who lead several of our regional roundtables will share their observations, thoughts, and strategies for successfully navigating the turbulent times we find ourselves in.

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International divestments are among the most difficult deals an M&A practitioner could find themselves working through.  Contrary to popular belief, divestments are not acquisitions in reverse. They are unique transactions that challenge even the most experienced practitioner.

In this session, Sachin Kumar will share his experience with a complex global carve-out, giving you a better understanding of HR’s role in the carve-out lifecycle and a basic understanding of the people-related challenges and global nuances that emerge during divestitures.

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Join for hot seat style coaching event.

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