Episode description

THE DASTARDLY DUO ARE BACK!!!!  Welcome to the first podcast of 2022

What do you get when you cross a project manager with a psychologist and a schizophrenic? The answer, is a very effective M&A Integration Manager, at least that's the view of the Dastardly Duo aka Robert Heaton and Toby Tester in the very first podcast of 2022.

Why such a description? Well in today's podcast Robert and Toby explore how an integration manager must be able to deliver the expected value from the deal, operate and communicate at every level from shop floor to boardroom, remain calm and focused in the face of constant upheaval, ensure that the original deal vision is efficiently transformed in operation reality and deal with objections, change, and innovation simultaneously. Easy Huh?

The duo also discusses whether Integration Managers are drawn from internal company resources or whether an outsider is the best option. Either way, they both agree this is not a job for the faint-hearted.