Mitch Marks is a frequent speaker to business groups and professional organizations. His presentations are filled with real world "war stories" from actual cases and provide practical strategies and methods for implementing desired change. His energetic and interactive style is well received by executives and employees alike.

Here are a few of Mitch's speaking topics:

MAKING MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS WORK
Managing the Human, Cultural, and Organizational Issues
If 75% of mergers and acquisitions fail, what makes the other 25% succeed? This presentation looks at the factors that distinguish successful and failed combination. It identifies sources of employee stress and culture clash, and provides specific methods for minimizing their unintended impact on corporate combinations. It also gives advice for building a "one team" mindset and finding and locking in true synergies that make one plus one equal three in a merger or acquisition.

MAINTAINING PRODUCTIVITY DURING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
This presentation for team leaders explains the stages employees go through during times of intense organizational change and shows how to manage each stage: letting go of the old, dealing with the neutral zone, and accepting the new. It provides proven tactics for maintaining productivity during transition and getting employees focused on the realities and opportunities in the post-transition organization.

CULTURE MATTERS
This presentation provides empirical data showing that corporate culture does matter in achieving financial results. It offers a model for building a desired corporate culture. And, it show the many ways executives and managers directly and indirectly influence employee behaviors and attitudes.