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Insightful. Engaging. People-first. Klint helps dealmakers get M&A right by getting the people stuff right.

Dr. Klint Kendrick, keynote speaker and M&A leadership expert, helping organizations align people, culture, and strategy during mergers and acquisitions.

Why Book Klint?

Whether it’s a keynote, panel, private equity summit, or internal all-hands, Klint delivers insights that resonate across functions and industries. With over 150 M&A deals under his belt and a no-jargon, no-ego delivery style, he offers clarity in the chaos of change.

Audiences consistently praise Klint for:

  • Storytelling grounded in real-world experience

  • Practical advice leaders can use immediately

  • Connecting strategy, people, and culture with ease

  • Speaking to HR, corp dev, and operations in the same room

“Klint’s presentation included an overarching framework, practical advice, storytelling and humor. It was one of the most engaging of the day.”

— Susan Hanold, VP, ADP

Popular Topics

  • AI Meets M&A: What It Means for Your People Strategy

  • Listening During M&A: How to Build Trust Before You Lose It

  • The Science of Announcement Day

  • Retaining Leaders Post-Merger: What Actually Works

  • Culture Clash Is Killing Your Deal—

    Here’s What to Do

Speaker Credentials

  • Featured in Harvard Business Review. Teaches HR M&A at NYU.

  • Speaker for: The Conference Board, Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, WTW, Mercer

  • 150+ M&A deals supported globally

  • Professional studio setup (HD camera, mic, lighting) for virtual events

  • Speaker reel available on request

What You'll Get

  • Clear learning objectives

  • Tailored content for your audience

  • A relatable, real-world voice

  • A trusted guide for leadership, culture, and talent in M&A

Klint As Featured Speaker/Guest

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M&A Science Podcast

This M&A podcast, and friend of the HR M&A Roundtable, aims to challenge the status quo of the M&A industry. The host, Kison Patel, is a former M&A buy-side advisor and the CEO and Founder of DealRoom. Kison interviews experts from management teams, corporate development, advisory banks, and more. M&A Science has thousands of listeners per month and has featured guests from notable companies such as Google, Cisco, and Paynet, each giving a unique perspective into the ever-changing world of M&A.

Fifth Chrome Business Insights

In this episode, you'll discover Klint's definition of culture and why it matters in M&A, examples of deals he's been involved in and his roles in them, the challenges organizations face with culture in M&A, a tale of two acquisitions where culture played a big role, the five key drivers of culture clash and three deal-related areas to focus on, advice for practitioners on handling culture during M&A, and why honest communication from senior leadership matters during transformation projects.

PeopleStar Podcast

Klint Kendrick, an author and expert on mergers and acquisitions with a Ph.D. in organizational leadership, defines what culture means in a company context, outlines the five key drivers of culture clash in M&A (decision-making, collaboration styles, tactical operations, communication, and organizational self-concept), explains how differences in these areas between the acquiring and target companies create friction, and argues that self-awareness and mutual understanding between both organizations let the acquired company's value carry through into the combined organization.

Vantage Influencers Podcast

The human resource department and the management team play an important role in an organization that wishes to enter into a merger and acquisition deal. In this episode, our guest speaker Klint C. Kendrick talks about HR roles and responsibilities in dealing with any crisis or conflicts when the merger and acquisition process sets off.

M&A Unplugged

On this episode, Klint Kendrick, Founder of the HR M&A Roundtable and a human resources professional joins M&A Unplugged to talk about the best practices for integrating employees during the mergers and acquisitions transaction. He talks about the due diligence that relates to HR, assessing culture, leadership and compliance, and the most important things to consider when it comes to human capital.

Don’t miss out on this great conversation to learn more about how you can avoid losing employees or productivity after acquisition and more.

WorkArts

In our discussion he shares rich wisdom for HR leaders, corporate development, M&A practitioners and executives engaged in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures including the backstory on how he entered HR M&A, his view on what makes a great HR M&A professional, and due diligence lessons learned valuable to both buyers and sellers.