This book explains how managers can take charge in new posts, reviewing the phases of the process of taking charge from preparation to implementation, in the environment of a merger or acquisition. It covers managerial traits, managing change, factors that influence management performance, the influence of company culture, and managing people, then offers real cases of leaders in various phases of professional life in different industries.

Guido Stein is Academic Director of the Executive MBA, Professor in the Department of Managing People in Organizations and Director of the Negotiation Department at IESE Business School. He is partner of Inicia Corporate, an M&A and Corporate Finance advisory firm and also works as consultant to owners and management committees of companies. Professor Stein is a member of The International Academy of Management and the International Advisory Board MCC (Budapest). He is a collaborator with People and Strategy Journal, Corporate Ownership & Control, Harvard Deusto Business Review, European Business Review and Expansión. Author of 10 books, more than 50 business cases and numerous technical notes, Professor Stein’s current research focuses on undesirable turnover in top management, power and taking-charge processes, and negotiation as a management tool.