Buying and merging with a company is one of the top ways to grow your business, but it’s also very tricky. One of the most significant issues with merging is consolidating the company culture between the two teams. Even if leadership is happy with the merger, the team might not be, and overlooking the required shift in company culture could be disastrous. Here are some tips on how to shift company culture at a newly acquired business.

2. Buying and merging with a
company is one of the top
ways to grow your
business, but it’s also very
tricky. Overlooking the
required shift in company
culture could be
disastrous.

3. This is a simple one:
generally, when two
companies merge to form a
combined entity, it’s better
to implement a single name.
Unify them under one name

4. As early as possible, learn as much as you can about the
culture of the two teams. Determine what makes the
target company unique and why they are a target
company in the first place. Work on preserving those
aspects in the merger. Likewise, look at the company
doing the acquiring and determine what parts of their
culture the target company could adopt.
Learn about the old cultures

5. Focus on one or two
significant differences
and try to consolidate
them as best you can. If
you help them along in
this, you’ll see far
better results.
Focus on one or two goals at a time

6. Be present
Your job isn’t done once the target
company has been bought, so
don’t up and disappear. You
successfully combined two
companies; now, your job is to
combine two company cultures.