Agenda

  • Merging Requires New Culture and Behaviors
  • Closing the Gap
  • Work Culture Implementation Schedule
  • Work Culture Team Mission Statement
  • Mission of Organizational Development
  • Characteristics of An OD Function
  • What Are We Doing
  • Cause of Poor Performance
  • One Culture
  • "Should Be" Work Culture Attributes
  • Thanks To You Great Foundation to Build On

Our Pre-Close Strategy

  • Merged Vision/Strategy: “#1 in our Market”
  • Synergies - $100 million
  • The Way We Get “Things” Done
  • Our Merged Way To Get “Things” Done
  • Acceptable Performance Post Merger
  • Strategy/vision is the organization's flight plan and destination
  • This is equivalent to the plane that will get us there
  • Those flying the plane and their impact on creating a work environment that leverages human capital
  • The voice of the customer
  • employee involvement, core competencies, linkage to strategy and pay, and linkage to key performance indicators

Merging Requires New Culture and Behaviors

Closing the Gap

From two publicly/privately held companies at $600 million each to one publicly held company at $1.3 billion, a new approach is required. The performance that created premier brands must evolve to make the new entity "The Leader in Our Market." This requires ensuring that our human capital understands the implications of the new work culture on their everyday work habits.

Work Culture Implementation Schedule

# Milestone Date
1 Create Culture Integration Project Milestones 8/24
2 Identify Core Culture Team/Resources 9/24
3 Conduct Initial Work Culture Scan for Americas 9/24
4 Conduct Initial Work Culture Scan for EMEA 10/24
5 Perform Executive Staging With Acquirer Executives 10/24
6 Conduct Formal Culture Diagnostics 11/24
7 Conduct Culture Training 12/24
8 Identify & Assign Culture Projects 1/25
9 Integrate Culture & Performance Management (Core Competencies) 2/25
10 Integrate Culture & Leadership Development 3/25
11 Implement Accelerated Change Process 3/25
12 Create Orientation 4/25
13 Identify & Address Cultural Barriers 4/25
14 Implement Robust Communication Process 5/25
15 Review Formal Synergy- related Learning 5/25
16 Implement Culture of Continuous Improvement & Effective Project Management 5/25

Work Culture Team Mission Statement

Strategy Development

We will develop a strategy that ensures our work culture supports the execution and realization of the integration synergies.

Methodology

We will accomplish the culture mission by utilizing a proven methodology for identifying the "As Is" and "To Be" work cultures and create/execute an action plan for culture transformation where appropriate.

Outcomes

  • The identification of key initiatives (i.e., customer driven)
  • The development of core competencies (i.e., customer service)
  • The definition of a new leadership/performance model
  • A blueprint for the way we will conduct business

Mission of Organizational Development

Vision

OD is a long-term effort, led and supported by executive management, to improve the organizations visioning, empowerment, learning, problem-solving, and change management processes.

Mission

The mission of OD is accomplished through the ongoing collaborative management of company culture, with special emphasis on the culture of intact work teams and other team configurations.

Purpose

The purpose of OD is to align individual, business unit, and corporate practices to manage and facilitate change throughout the organization.

Characteristics of an OD Function

You'll Know It When You See It.......

  • Accepts changes within its own structure and function
  • Applies cultural and business change to an entire system
  • Combines group dynamics with organizational strategy and structure
  • Encompasses strategy, structure, and process changes
  • Improves organizational effectiveness by facilitating the acquisition of knowledge within the company
  • Involves the creation and reinforcement of change in different business processes

What We Are Doing

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to really make a difference in our industry. We have a short window of time where we can re-engineer our solutions business starting from a clean sheet of paper.

Combining Strengths

Creating a lean, dynamic, aggressive, collaborative company

Premier Brands

Going to market with superior product support

Innovation

Driving product innovations and running world-class operations

Top Talent

Leveraging the industry's top talent

Cause of Poor Performance

"There is increasing evidence that cultural incompatibility is the single largest cause of lack of projected performance, departure of key executives and time-consuming conflicts in the consolidation of business."

—Ernst & Young, Mergers and Acquisitions

One Culture

Creation of NewCo—Joint integration teams along with key leadership are deciding on the new vision and mission for the combined companies.

"Should Be" Work Culture Attributes

To Achieve Our Synergies, The New Work Culture Should Support Reward, Encourage, and Support:

Communicating strategy, structure and operational plans - Addressing the “Me” issues
Developing robust communication processes
Monitoring execution and holding others accountable
A new global leadership model - Identify leaders that know how to energize others, that are decisive, that can get things done through others, and that follow-through
Sharing, involving and empowering all employees
Creating Consistency - “a process-oriented organization” - Lean Thinking, Six Sigma, Project Management, etc. as platforms for integrating and changing our work culture
World-class hiring and staffing processes – “Right People, Right Jobs”
Reward performance - Streamline performance management and ensure a strong pay, performance linkage and key initiative linkage – “Plan, Perform, Measure & Manage”
Share, involve, and empower employees
Monitor execution and ensure an environment of accountability
Develop a dynamic change management culture
Create an environment of high energy and enthusiasm
Risk and make difficult decisions - Encourage "out of the box" breakthrough thinking
A workplace where all employees can have a significant impact on business results
Elevate expectations for all employees and positions
Encourage others to be better at what they do
Reward and encourage collaboration and information sharing
Offer abundant learning opportunities
Build trust in all our work environments
Recognize and appreciate that certain cultural nuances exist between US, French, and German business environments.

Thanks To You

You've helped close the deal
We've brought together great talent
You've made our company a better place to work
You've helped employees work through change
You're making a difference in our industry!

Great Foundation To Build On 2026 And Beyond

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