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Overview:
Too often skipped over as a "soft" issue, corporate culture is in fact measurable and manageable - and overlooking its importance is a major factor in the failure of many mergers. But savvy companies know how critical it is to think strategically about the kind of culture that will make the new organization most successful--and then choose the leaders at different levels who will make that culture a reality. These companies foster a high degree of leadership visibility, involvement and communication during a business transformation, and instill a supportive organizational culture that drives business results.
Join The Deal and Towers Perrin for a 60-minute webcast to explore what it means to build an integrated culture and effective leadership team that supports your merger or acquisition's strategic priorities. Learn how to think about cultural issues earlier in the deal process, and how to act on those insights.
After listening for just 60 minutes to in-depth discussion with our editor and leading deal cultural integration experts, you'll have fresh insight on how to best align leaders and cultural change, and drive business performance that will make the difference to the success or failure of you next deal.
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Moderator:
 KENNETH KLEE
Editor, Corporate Dealmaker
The Deal LLC
Kenneth Klee leads editorial operations for Corporate Dealmaker, launched by The Deal LLC in November 2003. A blog and quarterly report published in The Deal, Corporate Dealmaker provides a deeper understanding and a unique perspective on the trends that drive corporate growth.
Klee's previous editorial post was at Newsweek International, where he oversaw the magazine's business section as a senior editor. He wrote on international business topics for Newsweek's domestic and international editions and orchestrated various special sections on international economic and business trends. For much of the 1990's, Klee was the managing editor of Institutional Investor's international editions, responsible for coverage in Europe and Asia. He began his tenure at Institutional Investor in 1987 as a senior editor focused on commercial banking and Wall Street.
Klee started his journalism career at Forbes, working on the copy desk. Shortly thereafter, he moved to a technology publication, Datamation, as features editor and later to Venture Magazine as managing editor. Klee earned a bachelors of arts degree in English literature from the University of Wisconsin.
Speakers:
 MARY CIANNI
Principal
Towers Perrin
Mary Cianni is a Principal in Towers Perrin's Human Capital Group the Global Practice Leader for M&A. She consults with clients across a broad range of M&A, change management and talent issues. She recently rejoined Towers Perrin having spent two years as the Vice-President, Global Human Resources at Stiefel Laboratories. During her tenure at Stiefel, she led a global HR team (US, Canada, LATAC, EMEA and APAC) and transformed the HR structure with newly designed global processes and roles and launched performance-driven HR programs in support of the business strategy. She
led the people integration of three acquired companies.
In her previous time with Towers Perrin (1998-2007) her client engagements
included:
Leading people integration and HR function consulting teams.
Developing an employee value proposition and its implementation for a newly merged company.
Designing and delivering culture change efforts for companies post-merger.
Leading change teams for global HR transformation projects.
In addition, she led a number of talent and learning assignments, including succession planning, development of workshops on health care behavior change, global workshops on co-promotion partnerships, and the design of portfolio of experiences to strengthen the capacity for leadership roles. She has extensive experience with clients in the pharmaceutical industry, as well as clients in financial services and insurance.
Before joining Towers Perrin, Mary was an Associate Professor of Management at Susquehanna University. She has published articles on a range of HR topics. Her work has appeared in International HR Journal, Academy of Management Executives, Human Resource Development Quarterly, Executive Development, Applied HRM Research, Sex Roles, Gender, Work and Organizations, and Group and Organization Management. Mary is the lead author for two chapters in the Towers Perrin/SHRM book on Making Mergers Work, now in its second edition. She holds a Ph.D. in counseling
psychology from Penn State University.
 FRANK GIAMPIETRO
Principal
Towers Perrin
Frank Giampietro is a Principal of Towers Perrin within the Change Implementation practice and currently leads the Change Management Practice. Frank's consulting expertise is helping organizations successfully navigate large-scale change initiatives. Frank also has expertise in a broad range of organization effectiveness and human resource issues, including: organization design, talent management, organization culture, employee engagement, total rewards, and HR service delivery. Frank has
experience across a broad range of industries, with deep experience in the pharmaceutical sector. Recently, Frank has supported his clients' efforts to:
Integrate the workforces, culture, and HR programs of a newly merged company.
Build the infrastructure required to support a stand-alone business that was being divested from its parent company.
Restructure a major operating function including structure, staffing levels, roles and responsibilities, and performance metrics.
Develop a strategy, operating model and implementation plan for transforming the HR function.
Transition the HR function to a fully outsourced service delivery model.
Develop a new Total Rewards strategy and framework and design and implement new compensation, benefits, and performance management programs to support new strategy.
Implement a new compensation and career development framework.
Prior to joining Towers Perrin, Frank served as Director, HR Planning and Operations at AstraZeneca. Prior to AstraZeneca, Frank was a change management consultant at another large, global consulting firm. Frank is a frequent speaker on M&A, HR strategy and talent management issues and was a contributing writer of Making Mergers Work: The Strategic Importance of People.
 PATRICK KULESA
Principal
Towers Perrin
Patrick Kulesa is a Principal of Towers Perrin within Towers Perrin's
employee research arm. He specializes in survey design and the
application of advanced statistical analyses to employee survey data.
Patrick's research focuses on defining and measuring employee engagement
and uncovering the linkages between employee attitudes and other
measures of business performance, including customer satisfaction,
occupational safety, employee retention, productivity and sales and
profitability.
Patrick has conducted, presented and published research on
cross-national differences in employee opinion, gender differences in
workplace leadership, driving innovative organizational cultures and
engaging top talent. Patrick received his Ph.D. in social psychology
from Northwestern University and frequently presents research findings
at major human resource and organizational psychology conferences.
 JOHN ZIESER
Chief Development Officer, General Counsel and Secretary
Meredith Corporation
John S. Zieser serves as Chief Development Officer, General Counsel and Secretary of Meredith Corporation. He is responsible for managing the Company's business development function, as well as legal affairs, corporate communications and government relations. Zieser is also Secretary to the Meredith Board of Directors. Zieser has led Meredith's business and strategic initiatives ranging from the purchase of the magazine franchises of Gruner + Jahr (Parents, Family Circle, Fitness, Ser Padres and Child), led several recent acquisitions of online marketing services and data analytics firms resulting in the transformation of Meredith's high growth integrated marketing business, acquired and aligned with consumer digital companies including RealGirlsMedia, a fast-growing online content network, and forged significant strategic global licensing relationships with Wal-Mart relating to the Better Homes and Gardens brand, and Realogy (the world's leading franchisor of real estate brokerages). Zieser also leads the Company's international business initiatives including over thirty-five licensing partnerships with major non-U.S. media partners around the globe.
Zieser is a well-recognized international speaker and panelist on business development and the digital marketplace, and regularly featured in leading trade and online sites including The Deal, TheDeal.com and Silicon Alley Insider. Zieser has also been featured in Super Lawyer and The National Law Journal.
Prior to joining Meredith in 1999, Zieser was Group President at First Data Merchant Services, a $400 million subsidiary of First Data Corporation. He joined First Data in 1993 and served in various executive positions. Prior to joining First Data, Zieser was with the multi-national law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell, where he specialized in U.S. and international mergers, acquisitions, venture capital and private equity transactions. While at Sullivan & Cromwell, Zieser had posts in the U.S. as well as London and Melbourne Australia.
Zieser earned his law degree from Cornell University, graduating magna cum laude and serving as Senior Editor of the Law Review. Zieser earned both an MBA and a Bachelor's of Business Administration degree from the University of Iowa.
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