When buying or investing in a company, one wants to know as much as possible about its staff, as this affects the value of the company as well as its future risks.

Similarly, when two companies are to merge, the challenge of staff integration is often underestimated, as each company has its own culture with strengths and weaknesses that need to be understood before the work begins.

Having an EIDD carried out by an independent party with extensive expertise in the field should therefore be standard practice for every company merger or acquisition.

Conducting an EIDD provides many different insights and knowledge about a company, such as:

• A quantifiable measurement and review of corporate culture compared to other companies in the same industry and of similar size. This reveals strengths and weaknesses that may need to be addressed in the future.
• Internal factors important for a well-functioning company are measured and reported.
• Leadership is measured and assessed at an overall corporate level.
• The psychosocial work environment, relationship parameters, any risk factors, and other complicating factors for future growth are reported.
• Ethics, values, and truth claims are measured and assessed. This says much about the company’s reputation and customer loyalty, but can also be an important indicator of whether the company is truthful in its self-description and in the information it provides.
• Employee engagement and loyalty to the company are measured.
• Customer satisfaction is evaluated based on the employees’ perception.