Getting mergers and acquisitions right is a skill that organizations can learn. In this report, Eben Harrell (Senior Editor, Harvard Business Review) gleans insights from Leading Edge's acquisition of Boardified. He shares why the acquisition worked well, what obstacles leaders and team members encountered, and why putting time and effort into the process of joining two teams together is as important as the alignment between the organizations.

What Makes or Breaks an Acquisition [digital].pdf

Five lessons from Leading Edge's 2022 acquisition of Boardified.

What Makes or Breaks an Acquisition: A Case Study in Getting the Process Right

Leading Edge commissioned a series of case studies profiling CEO transitions at six different major Jewish organizations across the country: 

Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership

What we learned were valuable lessons about how Jewish organizations can best prepare and position leaders to succeed. 

These case studies offer a candid, personal look at the inner workings of a CEO transition process. 

They are rich with first person accounts from key figures involved — the outgoing and incoming CEOs, board members, search committee members, and others — and address key issues for Jewish organizations today, including gender and generational differences in approach to leadership, organizational culture change, best practices for search committees, and more.

Case-Studies-FINAL.pdf

These case studies offer a candid, personal look at the inner workings of CEO transition processes at six major Jewish organizations.

We developed six case studies on recent CEO successions in major Jewish nonprofit organizations. Each highlights fascinating and unique stories of leadership transitions and offers bright spots and lessons to the sector.