Time to revisit your M&A strategy

M&A activity is down, as is private equity investment, and companies are facing a range of new geopolitical tensions. Still, there is a path to growth through M&A for those companies that maintain an active acquisition strategy, understand their capabilities, and avoid certain assets, says McKinsey Senior Partner Jake Henry (mckinsey.com/our-people/jake-henry). On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast (mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-podcast), he and McKinsey Senior Partner Mieke Van Oostende (mckinsey.com/our-people/mieke-van-oostende) join McKinsey Editorial Director Roberta Fusaro to discuss findings from McKinsey’s 2025 M&A report (mckinsey.com/capabilities/m-and-a/our-insights…). They also discuss the importance of culture in M&A integrations.
In our second segment, McKinsey Senior Partner Dana Maor (mckinsey.com/our-people/dana-maor) shares how CEOs can and should stay connected to their teams with Managing Editor of Podcasts, Laurel Moglen. (Starts at 15:58)
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