Mercer Acquires Sirota Consulting LLC, a Leading Global Provider of Employee Engagement Solutions
December 05 2016 - 9:12AM
Business Wire
Mercer, a global consulting leader in advancing health, wealth,
and careers, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan
Companies, Inc. (NYSE:MMC), announced today that it has acquired
the business of Sirota Consulting LLC (Sirota), a global provider
of employee engagement solutions that offers the full breadth of
organizational assessments, surveys, technology, and analytics. The
acquisition builds upon Mercer’s consulting strength and
capabilities in talent management and reinforces its commitment to
employee engagement.
Sirota, a well-established global brand with more than 40 years
of experience, conducts surveys with more than one million
employees annually across 130 countries and 80 languages. As
specialists in organizational research, Sirota’s advisory
capabilities and technologies span all aspects of the employee
experience, including engagement, team effectiveness, leadership,
and culture. Combined with sophisticated analytics and data mining
tools, Sirota’s surveys help clients get real time insight from
engagement data. Sirota then uses advanced analytics to help HR
identify where leaders, employees, strategy, and culture are
misaligned, uncovering hidden factors that drive performance and
support positive change.
“Employee engagement is one of the most important human capital
issues facing business leaders today, and the acquisition of Sirota
strengthens our consulting insights by ensuring our clients have
access to leading expertise and data-driven employee survey
research programs,” said Ilya Bonic, Mercer President, Career.
“With Sirota’s highly regarded intellectual capital, global
normative database, tools, and assessments, Mercer has the ability
to address current trends in the marketplace that will benefit
organizations worldwide.”
“Our mission is to help our clients solve their business
problems through employee research,” said John Mallozzi, Chief
Executive Officer at Sirota. “Both Mercer and Sirota have the
tools, technology, and insights to help organizations execute their
strategy, enhance their talent management programs, and unlock the
full potential of their workforce.”
Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
About Mercer
Mercer is a global consulting leader in talent, health,
retirement and investments. Mercer helps clients around the world
advance the health, wealth and careers of their most vital asset –
their people. Mercer’s more than 20,000 employees are based in 43
countries and the firm operates in over 140 countries. Mercer is a
wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies
(NYSE:MMC), a global professional services firm offering clients
advice and solutions in the areas of risk, strategy and people.
With annual revenue of $13 billion and 60,000 colleagues worldwide,
Marsh & McLennan Companies is also the parent company of Marsh,
a leader in insurance broking and risk management; Guy Carpenter, a
leader in providing risk and reinsurance intermediary services; and
Oliver Wyman, a leader in management consulting. For more
information, visit www.mercer.com. Follow Mercer on Twitter
@Mercer.
About Sirota
Founded in 1972, Sirota is a privately held company of survey
research and organizational performance experts focused exclusively
on conducting attitude research and driving action through
effective data utilization. Sirota is known not only for its
expertise, but also for its independence, objectivity, and ability
to handle complex assignments. In over forty years of work, Sirota
has compiled a robust normative database, leading tools and
technology, and a profound understanding of how to develop and
execute successful survey research programs. By providing
innovative, forward-thinking recommendations geared toward
leveraging talent, while aligning these efforts with business
strategy, Sirota helps build a partnership-driven culture, and
effective leadership and management practices that will drive
performance.
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