How HR can integrate staff post-merger

Sepura has recently doubled their headcount and increased their revenue by two-thirds, due to their recent acquisition of Teltronic. 

The communications company has just completed their 100 day integration plan. James Griffiths, Chief HR Officer at Sepura, discussed the process with HR Grapevine: “We made a conscious effort to do nothing for 30 days after the completion of the transaction. As a leadership team, we had plenty of ideas but, as with most acquisitions, we really needed to understand more about the business we had bought and get wider views from the Teltronic team.

“Next, the new leadership team met to begin the integration planning process, but it was of paramount importance that we continued to deliver our core business commitments to our shareholders, in addition to driving and delivering the integration activities.

“The Group CEO, Gordon Watling, described a number of work packages under the direction of our COO, Paul Watson. These concentrated on growth, governance and competitiveness. The plan was that senior leaders in the business would own each of the work packages for the 100 days.