Jennifer Fondrevay 
by Jennifer Fondrevay The coronavirus crisis is a time for calm, confident leaders to really step up. Steady hands can build the confidence needed to ride out the storm. Right now, there are more people who are afraid than not. It’s a fear driven by uncertainty magnified by the fact that our authority figures—the ones … Read more
When your organization is in the midst of a Merger or Acquisition, how do you galvanize your workforce and integrate the cultures?
As featured on Lisa Nirell’s blog – the original can be found here. As a new year approaches, I frequently see a litany of growth projections for the coming year. I’m always amused when these forecasts and undermining practices contradict one another. Take, for instance, the world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), an area where I … Read more
November 25, 2019 BUYING & SELLING A BUSINESS WITH MIKE MICHALOWICZ Whether you’re a small business or a big company, each element of the process of M&A can present numerous obstacles that can undermine the success of the deal. Jennifer Fondrevay joins Mike Michalowicz on the Entrepreneurship Elevated Podcast to explain what you need to … Read more
September 2019 WORKFORCE 2030WITH SILKROAD TECHNOLOGY MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS AND ITS EFFECT ON THE WORKFORCE Jennifer Fondrevay joins Alexandra Levit to explore Mergers & Acquisitions and its effect on the Workforce. Jennifer works with forward-thinking business leaders, owners and executives to pre-plan their people strategy through the phases of M&A so their employees can contribute … Read more
September 2019 MANAGE YOUR MESSAGE WITH JIM KARRH SURVIVING & THRIVING THROUGH M&A The wrong internal message–especially “marketing jargon”–can derail the success of an acquisition. Messaging has a particularly important role in the effectiveness (or lack thereof) in a merger. Leaders need to know how to communicate the deal internally as well as externally, so … Read more
Jennifer joined Dave Bookbinder on his podcast, Behind The Numbers, where they discussed why more than 75% of M&A transactions don’t actually produce their planned synergies and how to make M&A more successful.
August 20, 2019 PARADIGM SHIFT WITH CHRISTINA MARTINI Christina Martini and Jennifer Fondrevay discuss how Jennifer transitioned from advertising to marketing and her experience with being part of leadership teams through a series of mergers and acquisitions and the human capital issues that arise during significant inflection points in an organization. In this episode, Christina … Read more
September 2019 THE BEANCAST MARKETING PODCAST WITH BOB KNORPP Join Jennifer as she shares insights on how communication and being human can make organizational disruption not so disruptive.
February 14, 2019 FEAR NOT: HOW TO MANAGE BIG CHANGESWITH TOM STEWART Jennifer Fondrevay talks with Tom Stewart, executive director of the National Center for the Middle Market at the Ohio State University Fisher College of Business, about company culture, and in particular, about what happens to the feeling of a place after a merger … Read more
