The London communicators group is having a meetup on March 9th to talk about

Sex and Turkeys – Are you ready to manage a merger, acquisition or joint venture?

The session will be run by Doug Ross and Phoebe Dunn of award winning consultancy, Square Peg International. ( http://www.squarepegint.com )
Your organisation is for sale. All organisations are for sale – it is just a matter of price. And when it happens it is the communications functions who will feel the pain as they are often faced with managing the issues of transition with respect to often-declining productivity, performance and morale during times of change.

Traditionally, the legal, financial and operational aspects of M&A deals and joint ventures have received the greatest attention, but executives who have been through the merger process recognise that managing the communications, cultural, and human side of change is critical to maximising deal value.

Doug will address this topic by providing participants with theory, research, and best practice examples and will balance these views with real world case studies, and personal insight. He will explore the role of communications in M&A operations by using personal relationships as an analogy and explaining the role that turkeys have played in a number of case examples.