Ritu Poddar at MergerWare speaks with Jennifer Fondrevay about the superpowers women have during the M&A process.
Podcast: How to Survive & Thrive Through M&A with Tim Hughes
Jennifer joins Timothy Hughes on #TimTalk to dive into mergers and acquisitions and how you can survive if you get caught up in one.
In her book “Now What – A survivor’s guide for thriving through mergers and acquisitions” she talks about the fact that M&A happen, you can be going along nicely in your career and then you get hit with the change and upheaval that M&A provides. So, what will you do?
They also discuss the 5 stages of grief that people go through from denial to acceptance and the stages in between, and the post-M&A characters you will come across.
Podcast: How Do You Manage Employees When a Company is Acquired?
Jennifer and Noah Graff of Today’s Machining World talk about managing employees after an acquisition. Jennifer dives into the different employee types and advice for executives coming into an M&A deal.
Podcast: The Communication that Determines M&A Success
Jennifer chats with MDM’s Tom Gale about who must be involved in the M&A communication process and when, along with other intangibles.
Podcast: The Human Side of M&A | LifeBlood
Jennifer talks with George Grombacher about the human side of M&A, why so many deals fail, how to manage expectations, and the necessity of addressing the people side of deals.
Listen to learn why it’s a common mistake to tell people that nothing is going to change!

PODCAST: Branch Out podcast with Alex Drost – The Human Capital Challenges of M&A

Jennifer joins Alex Drost on the Branch Out podcast whey they talk about rediscovering the humanity in business.
A full transcript of the podcast can be found here.

Morning Blend: Women and Emotions at Work: Friend or Foe?

Showing your emotions at work used to be considered taboo; crying for women at work could be a career killer. Jennifer joins Molly Fay on The Morning Blend to talk about how this sentiment may be changing with the remote work/hybrid work environment we now find ourselves in and how the benefits of Emotional Intelligence EQ have been increasingly highlighted as valuable for managers to have.
PODCAST: The Courage to Lead
Jennifer joins Coach Harlan on his podcast to talk about how to prepare for and manage the people challenges of business transitions.
PODCAST: Preparing for and Managing the People Challenges of M&A
Jennifer joins Dr. Vince Molinaro on Lead the Future to discuss how senior leaders can prepare for human capital challenges when undergoing a merger or acquisition, as well as how leaders themselves can navigate the changing and often ambiguous environment that arises post M&A.
PODCAST: Addressing Culture in Mergers & Acquisitions
Jennifer discusses navigating corporate culture in mergers and acquisitions with John Carvalho of Divestopedia.
The full podcast can be found here.




