Building on the Q&A, this roundtable creates a practical space to develop and stress-test the talent protection approaches participants are, or should be, using in their own organizations.

Whether you are navigating an active deal, preparing for future M&A activity, or managing a period of organizational restructuring, this session offers peer-tested tools and honest perspective.

• What are the three most important things your organization should be doing right now to protect its critical talent, that it probably isn’t?
• How do you build an M&A talent playbook that can be activated quickly and adapted to different deal types?
• What does a cross-pollination or contingency planning model look like in your organization, and where would it break down?
• How do you know when integration is genuinely complete from a talent and culture perspective?

Leave with a clearer M&A talent framework and practical ideas for protecting the people and capabilities that determine whether a deal creates or destroys value