Value at Risk:
Human Capital Scenarios

Our comprehensive human capital diagnostic capabilities address critical integration challenges illustrated by these common scenarios.

  • Challenge: Pre-close assessment of a manufacturing merger identified mid-level leadership actively undermining integration messaging and creating pockets of resistance.

    Solution: Forensic behavioral analytics identified the root causes of resistance, enabling a targeted communication strategy and customized leadership coaching program.

    Outcome: Integration completed 7 weeks ahead of schedule with 28% higher synergy capture than initially projected in the deal model.

  • Challenge: A mid-market technology acquisition faced significant valuation erosion risk when pre-close diagnostics revealed fundamentally different strategic visions between the acquiring company's leadership and the target's founding executive team.

    Solution: Facilitated strategic alignment sessions used evidence-based behavioral frameworks to identify underlying value assumptions and created a unified operational vision that preserved the target's innovative culture.

    Outcome: Key founding executives remained with the company for the full earn-out period rather than exiting early, product innovation pipeline maintained momentum, and technological integration achieved 94% of projected synergies.ion

  • Challenge: A $2.3B tech acquisition faced significant integration risk when confidential clinical interviews revealed incompatible decision-making styles between engineering leadership teams.

    Solution: Structured alignment sessions preserved necessary autonomy while establishing clear governance protocols based on insights from behavioral analysis.

    Outcome: Key engineering talent retention reached 92% and the combined entity delivered against the full product roadmap timeline, protecting the deal's projected value.

  • Challenge: A consumer goods acquisition faced extended timeline projections for systems integration due to workforce resistance.

    Solution: Human capital diagnostic revealed adoption barriers rather than technical challenges were the primary obstacles, enabling a targeted change management approach.

    Outcome: Integration timeline reduced by 4 months with $1.8M in saved implementation costs and faster realization of revenue synergies.

  • Challenge: A private equity acquisition involving US and European operations revealed significant cultural workflow incompatibilities that threatened operational synergies.

    Solution: Cultural compatibility assessment pinpointed specific work practice friction points, leading to the development of targeted alignment protocols.

    Outcome: Cross-border collaboration increased 64% within 90 days, accelerating market expansion initiatives by 5 months and increasing the projected deal ROIC.

  • Challenge: Post-announcement, a healthcare services acquisition faced imminent departure of top-performing clinicians, threatening revenue projections.

    Solution: Rapid workforce assessment revealed decision-making autonomy, not compensation, was the primary concern, enabling the design of a structured influence model.

    Outcome: Anticipated clinical turnover reduced from 40% to 8%, preserving continuity of care and protecting the revenue base underpinning the deal valuation.

  • Challenge: A financial services merger stalled at 60% synergy realization due to critical information barriers between product and operations teams.

    Solution: Diagnostic interviews identified several hidden information silos, enabling the implementation of cross-functional accountability metrics.

    Outcome: Remaining synergies achieved within two quarters with an additional $4.2M in previously unidentified cost savings captured.