Interview with Jean-Marc Morawski: the challenges of a merger and acquisition

🎙️ In this episode of the WORK DIFFERENT podcast, we are pleased to welcome Jean-Marc Morawski, human resources expert and founder of baryon.

Jean-Marc has an impressive track record as an HR Director: from Thales to La Mutuelle Générale, via The Fork and EY.

His speciality: managing large-scale mergers.

He was notably involved in the merger between EY and Arthur Andersen, which brought together several thousand employees.

He then repeated the experience at Transdev, during its merger with Veolia Transport.

Helping managers and employees thrive within the company

For Jean-Marc Morawski, helping managers and employees to flourish within the company is precisely what human resources is all about.

Jean-Marc also stands out for his commitment to a number of topical issues that he considers crucial for the future of HR: diversity, the place of senior employees in the company, the question of combining work and retirement, etc.

The keys to a successful merger

In this exchange, we discussed the main difficulties encountered by companies during a merger, as well as the central role played by corporate culture and top-down communication, which are essential to reassure managers and employees, who are often destabilized by change. This is the key to successful integration.

Commitment is the key to many things. You're committed because you share a project.

Watch the full podcast episode below. Follow us on LinkedIn to stay informed of our next publications. Many thanks to Jean-Marc for his time and the richness of his testimony.