What's the Most Overlooked Phase of the M&A Process?

The most overlooked phase of the m an a process is the post close execution phase, and that it's also the most important. A lot of things that will blame on bad execution can be traced to things that have happened before. The strategy wasn't clear. You didn't do proper diligence,. So you overpaid for the company that drived you to to give nonsense energy targets to the work streams which must come up with wit energies. And you wasted a lot of time during sign to clothes when you should have set up your integration management office ad had the right leaders in place. If you didn't do that, you're not setting yourself up for success post merger.