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    ContentBuilder.ai
    Use case — M&A onboarding

    Bring two companies onto one standard — fast.

    Turn your integration plan, both handbooks and a systems map into a structured M&A onboarding academy — one clear standard for every team, in every language, with day-one readiness you can actually track.

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    For People & Integration teams · 100+ languages · live in a week

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    Integration plan Both handbooks Systems map
    • New org & culture
    • Systems & tools
    • Policies aligned
    • Role changes
    • Day-one readiness
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    Teams integrating with ContentBuilder

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    100+

    languages so every acquired team learns the new standard

    ~70%

    of mergers miss their targets — usually on integration, not the deal

    Days

    not months to stand up a full integration academy

    One

    standard, one academy — both organizations aligned to it

    Sources: M&A integration & onboarding benchmarks. Figures indicative.

    The problem

    Deals close in a day — integration is where value is won or lost.

    The signatures are the easy part. In the first 90 days after close, an acquired team has to learn a new org, new systems, new policies and new reporting lines — and most companies leave them to figure it out from two sets of conflicting docs.

    Two of everything

    Two handbooks, two policy sets, two toolstacks, two cultures. New colleagues don't know which rules, systems or norms now apply.

    Integration drags for months

    Building new training for every acquired team by hand is slow — so people stay on old ways long after the deal has closed.

    No line of sight

    Leadership can't see who understands the new org, who's moved to the new systems, or who is genuinely day-one ready.

    What good looks like

    What is M&A onboarding?

    M&A onboarding is how you bring an acquired or merged team onto one shared standard — the new org and culture, the systems and tools, aligned policies, role changes and day-one readiness — instead of leaving people to guess which company's way now wins.

    Onboarding automation turns your integration plan and both companies' material into that structured program automatically, so integration doesn't wait on hand-built courses. That's what ContentBuilder does — an AI learning platform pointed at the first 90 days after close.

    1

    One standard, both sides

    A single academy replaces two handbooks, so everyone aligns to the same org, policies and systems.

    2

    Every language, every site

    Global and cross-border teams get the identical integration in 100+ languages.

    3

    Tracked to day-one ready

    Per-person completion and sign-off, so leadership sees integration progress in real time.

    How it works

    From your integration plan to a live academy.

    Step 1

    Upload both sides' material

    Integration plan, both handbooks, policy sets, a systems map — or a short prompt.

    Step 2

    AI builds the integration academy

    A structured program on the new org, systems and policies, in 100+ languages.

    Step 3

    Teams self-serve after close

    On any device, in their language — aligned to the new standard without waiting on HR.

    Step 4

    You track integration

    See who's day-one ready per team and site; update once and everyone gets it.

    What's inside

    Everything an acquired team needs to align.

    New org & culture

    The combined mission, values, structure and how work now gets done across both companies.

    Systems & tools

    Which systems win, what's changing, and short how-tos for the new stack.

    Policies aligned

    One policy set — security, HR, compliance — with required items tracked and signed off.

    Role & reporting changes

    What each role now owns, the new reporting lines, and who to meet.

    In every language

    Every path in 100+ languages, so both organizations get the same integration.

    Always current

    Change a policy or system once; every future hire and team gets the update.

    Manual vs automated

    One standard for both companies — without the months.

    Flip the switch to see manual M&A onboarding vs onboarding automation.

    Standing it up
    Minutes from your docs
    The standard
    One academy, one standard
    Languages
    100+ from one source
    Visibility
    Per-person day-one readiness
    Keeping it current
    Update once, everywhere
    Works with your stack

    Fits the HR systems on both sides of the deal.

    Pull knowledge from where it lives and export training to any HRIS or LMS — SCORM, xAPI and MP4.

    Workday SAP SuccessFactors BambooHR Cornerstone Rippling SharePoint Google Drive Slack
    Free template

    The Post-Merger Onboarding Checklist

    A ready checklist for integrating an acquired team — what to align in week one, month one and quarter one after close. Free with a ContentBuilder account.

    Get the checklist
    Go deeper

    Related reading.

    M&A Onboarding FAQ

    M&A onboarding is how you bring an acquired or merged team onto one shared standard after a deal closes — the new org, systems, policies and role changes. ContentBuilder builds the M&A onboarding academy from your integration plan and both companies' handbooks, delivers it in 100+ languages, and tracks who's day-one ready across both sides.

    Instead of authoring new training for every acquired team by hand — which takes months — AI builds a structured integration academy from your existing plan and handbooks in days. People get onto the new standard early, while the deal's momentum is still there.

    One academy replaces two handbooks. It defines which systems, policies and norms now win, and everyone — both legacy sides — completes the same path. There's no ambiguity about whose way applies, because there's a single source of truth.

    Yes. One source translates into 100+ languages with voiceover and a lip-synced avatar, so cross-border and global teams get the identical integration in their own language without separate translation projects.

    Yes — per-person completion and sign-off by team and site, exportable for the integration office. Leadership sees who understands the new org and who's genuinely day-one ready, instead of guessing after an all-hands email.

    It exports as SCORM, xAPI or MP4 for systems like Workday, SAP SuccessFactors and Cornerstone, and pulls source material from Drive and SharePoint — so it fits whichever HRIS survives the merger.

    Yes. Role-based access controls who sees what, so sensitive integration and policy material only reaches the right teams. Content stays governed as the new org is stood up.

    You can start free and build your first integration course at no cost. Talk to sales for enterprise pricing that covers both organizations, based on seats and scope.

    Turn a closed deal into an integrated team.

    Talk to sales and we'll turn your integration plan into a live onboarding academy — or start building free.

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