How to Focus on Integration as a Corporate Development Professional
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Brent Campbell, Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy at\\xa0Alight Solutions (NYSE: ALIT)
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Episode Timestamps
00:00 Intro
05:46 Importance of Integration
07:38 Gaining integration perspective
10:12 Negative consequences of neglecting integration
12:53 How corporate development can focus on integration
15:38 Challenges in integration
18:22 Challenges in aligning stakeholders
21:04 HSR restrictions
22:27 Integration structure
24:19 Building the integration muscle
32:06 Business sponsor
34:02 How to measure integration success
37:13 Craziest thing in M&A
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