Dancing on an Unstable Floor

The mating dance of business—mergers and acquisitions—is back in full swing.  Deal-making has heated up.  But could the economic dance floor be about to collapse?

Last week I was in deep conversation with a friend of many years.  We agreed:  The marketplace band is playing some spooky music.  It’s a strange beat…hard to keep time with the uneven rhythm.  And the floor is feeling way too rickety. 

The M&A dance never has been all that easy.  In today’s off-balance world, your merger integration process had better use some Zumba-like moves:  Go for toning, burn that fat, shed the weight, get ripped.  Be agile and don’t slow down—who knows when the dance floor might give way.

Trip the light fantastic.