Integration Is a Leadership Discipline: Eric Singer on Governance, Incentives, and Making M&A Work скачать в хорошем качестве

Integration Is a Leadership Discipline: Eric Singer on Governance, Incentives, and Making M&A Work

Integration doesn’t fail because teams don’t try hard enough. It fails when leadership doesn’t provide clarity. In this episode of The Mid-Market Edge, Kevin Bonfield sits down with Eric Singer, a private equity operating executive and advisor, to break down why successful M&A integration is less about effort — and more about governance, incentives, and leadership structure. If you’re leading post-merger integration, building a private equity-backed platform, or scaling through acquisition in the mid-market, this conversation goes straight to the root causes of integration friction. In This Episode, You’ll Learn: Why most integration problems are really governance problems How unclear decision rights slow execution after close Why incentives drive behavior more than culture statements The risk of prioritizing speed over structural clarity How operating cadence and accountability accelerate integration Why ambiguity compounds with every additional acquisition Eric shares a practical, operator-led perspective from working across multiple PE-backed platforms and add-ons. Together, Kevin and Eric explore how integration must be treated as a leadership discipline, not a post-close cleanup effort. Because when integration stalls, it’s rarely due to resistance. It’s due to ambiguity.