People & Culture

Strategy & Leadership

Why is Maverick's engagement methodology so important to your company's M&A success? The answer is simple: according to virtually all industry experts, approximately 70% of all acquisitions fail to deliver on their forecasted expectations: according to the Wall Street Journal, 50% of those failures are due to culture clash and other people issues between the target and acquiring companies.

Maverick is the only management consulting firm that, from its inception, has uniquely integrated the management and behavioral sciences into its M&A (and all other practice) engagements to help its clients significantly reduce the possibility of M&A failure and create more successful acquisition outcomes.

The Firm's unique capability to professionally assess and address people issues at the senior levels of both the target and acquirer, as well as to identify value-robbing obstacles and impediments due to corporate culture clash, can significantly increase the successful outcome of your deal-and this is particularly true when looking at long-term value creation.

We at Maverick believe in the power of the focused individual. One person with vision can change the way we all see things. One with fear can derail a project. One with courage can overcome obstacles: one with motivation can lead a team: and one who feels empowered can change the world. This is the underlying philosophy at Maverick: ONE MATTERS.

In the firm’s experience, many companies see M&A as bolt-on additions to their existing enterprise. Even if the target provides exactly the same or similar  services and products as your company’s, it’s always a better idea to redefine your company’s short and long-term strategies prior to undertaking any significant M&A activity.  An acquisition will generally create more opportunities for certain groups in your company-and diminish the role of others: and it may well create new opportunities that weren’t initially envisioned. If you fail to address strategy and leadership from the start, the likelihood of losing long-term value, post integration, increases dramatically.

As you know, strategic development efforts often result in nothing more than nicely bound reports that sit on shelves and are soon forgotten. Maverick is different: the completion of the strategic analysis is just the beginning. The Firm will work with your senior management team to develop leadership strategies that overcome inertia and resistance to change in all types of organizational environments. Maverick will help you develop and execute customized implementation plans, ensuring that your strategic vision is translated into coordinated action from the ground up. And we provide the tools to create an environment of continuous improvement to your ongoing strategic planning and execution.

Maverick believes that its unique engagement model which integrates innovative strategic thought, leadership theory, and behavioral science, improves organizational performance and will position your firm to outperform its competitors. We do this through an understanding of how strategic vision and strong leadership combine to create innovative products and services for your customers. These insights fuel the development of successful implementation plans that focus on improved leadership to marshal the resources of your firm toward achievement of your strategic goals.