Selected Engagement Story
Selected Engagement Story
Following the combination of two software businesses, the leadership team faced a challenge that extended beyond operational integration. The businesses had different cultures, operating models, leadership styles and decision-making practices. At the same time, their market was being reshaped by AI.
The task was to establish shared direction, coherent leadership and effective decision-making while the organisation adapted to a changing competitive environment.
I advised the CEO and supported the establishment of a transformation office, including the governance and decision framework for the integration. The work focused on executive alignment, leadership effectiveness and the organisational coherence needed to translate strategic intent into coordinated action.
With the executive team, I facilitated leadership sessions to establish principles for the integration, clarify decision logic and align governance. The aim was to create enough common ground for the team to make and execute decisions across the combined organisation.
A later strategy session considered how changes in enterprise software and the SaaS business model could affect customer value, competitive positioning and assumptions about future growth. This connected the internal integration to the changing environment in which the organisation was making decisions.
Alongside the integration and strategy work, we established an iterative budgeting process that connected top-down priorities with bottom-up planning.
The next planned phase focuses on leadership development in the aftermath of the integration.
CEO Advisory
Post-Merger Integration
Executive Alignment
Transformation Office
Governance & Decision-Making
Organisational Coherence
AI Strategy & Decision Environments
Value Creation