How to Achieve Strategic Alignment From Top to Bottom M&A Science

Camilo Franco, Director, M&A Integration and Operations at Jamf
There is an intimate tie between M&A strategy and corporate strategy. To be truly effective, acquisitions must directly support the overarching goal of the company. But beyond that, there needs to be a strategic alignment with everyone involved. 
In this episode of the M&A Science Podcast, Camilo Franco, Director, M&A Integration and Operations at Jamf, shares their secrets on how to achieve strategic alignment from top to bottom. 
Things you will learn:
• How to achieve strategic alignment
• Strategies for effectively communicating M&A plans
• Tools used to maintain alignment
• Connecting diligence and Integration
• Advice for integration practitioners
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Episode Bookmarks
00:00 Intro
08:45 Definition of strategic alignment
10:31 How to achieve strategic alignment
12:51 Relaying M&A strategy against corporate strategy
13:54 Getting buy-in from team members
15:37 Overcoming anti-M&A culture
18:44 Strategies for effectively communicating M&A plans
21:21 Alignment with the integration team
23:51 Formulating the integration thesis
26:37 Role of steering committee
28:04 Communicating decisions with the broader organization
29:30 Managing integration without IMO
32:09 Ensuring company readiness for integration
34:11 Gauging M&A readiness
36:06 Side effects of burnout people
37:25 Defining the end of integration
39:30 Tools used to maintain alignment
43:32 Agile M&A
44:46 Connecting diligence and integration
48:13 Using integration templates
50:36 Advice for integration p