Miles Overholt on Organizational DNA and Strategy-Execution Alignment | Master Your Merger S2 Ep 11

Most integration plans fail in the same place: they assume the organization will behave rationally after close. But once you combine teams, reporting lines, and decision-making, the real operating patterns show up fast, and the deal thesis gets tested in the messy middle.In this episode, Klint Kendrick is joined by Miles Overholt, Founder and CEO of Strategia Analytics, who has spent decades working at the intersection of organizational change, strategy execution, and M&A. Miles shares how leaders can diagnose “organizational DNA” and make more intentional integration decisions when alignment, time, and certainty are in short supply.In this episode, you’ll learn:How deal teams confuse “what looks good on paper” with how companies actually operate post-closeThree diligence questions that uncover execution reality, not just intentWhy highly aligned companies can be harder to integrate, not easierWhat a more surgical integration approach looks like when you are trying to protect valueListen now, and follow Master Your Merger for more practical, people-first integration lessonsMiles Overholt / Strategia Analytics:🌐 Website: strategicanalytics.com✉️ Email: [email protected]🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/milesoverholt/