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		<title>Going Global &#8211; Integration of Acquired Businesses</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last month i have been writing a series of articles on how the REA Group went global.  To date these articles have covered organic entry to new markets, acquisition based entry into Europe, Asia and the Middle East, how we structured ourselves to lead a global business and how we used internal consultants.  This article looks at once we acquired a new business, how we integrated that business into the REA Group.

Integration planning started long before an acquisition was completed.  During the due diligence process, we would look at the business we were acquiring and then systematically work out what level of integraton we would need in the businesss and over what period of time would we need to execute the integration.  Now when we thought about integration, we looked at the obvious things like finance, HR, systems and processes, products, marketing, and technology.  We also looked at cultural integraton and how we can bring the acquired company into the Group as an equal member.




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		<title>Going Global &#8211; Using Internal Consultants to Drive Productivity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last little while i have written about how the REA Group expanded its business internationally in a series called Going Global.  I have so far explored organic and acquisition based growth as well as the structure we put in place to manage a global Group.  This posting looks at how we used an internal productivity team to help drive knowledge sharing across the Group and at the same time to operate as a hit team when issues arise.

Read on for more ... 


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		<title>Going Global &#8211; Leading a Global Business</title>
		<link>http://myceolife.com/2008/10/going-global-leading-a-global-business/</link>
		<comments>http://myceolife.com/2008/10/going-global-leading-a-global-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first two Going Global blog posts were around how the REA Group (realestate.com.au Ltd) oganically entered the New Zealand market and how we acquired new businesses to enter Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Having acquired the businesses, the next challenge for any CEO is how do you manage a global business in such a way that you encourage the local team grow as fast as possible while ensuring that the overall requirements of the of the company are met.  In addition, as the overall growth of the REA Group was being fuelled and financed by the highly successful perforamnce of the Australian business, it was important to ensure that the ongoing growth and success of the Australian business was not impacted.

This blog looks as how we managed the global operations of the REA Group.




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		<title>Going Global &#8211; Organic Growth Case Study</title>
		<link>http://myceolife.com/2008/09/going-global-organic-growth-case-study/</link>
		<comments>http://myceolife.com/2008/09/going-global-organic-growth-case-study/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International Expansion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During my time as CEO of the REA Group, we grew the business from a small operation based out of Melbourne, Australia with 25 people to a global business, operating in 11 countries and 720+ employess.  

One of the most frequent questions i am asked is how did you take the business from a purely Australian operation to a global focus.  This is not a simple question to answer so i thought i would write a series of blogs on this topic.  The first blog is about organic growth and how the REA Group entered the New Zealand market.

Read on for more ... 


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		<title>A Big Thank You to the European Teams of the REA Group</title>
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		<comments>http://myceolife.com/2008/09/a-big-thank-you-to-the-european-teams-of-the-rea-group/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last week I have had the pleasure of visiting the REA Group teams in the UK, Luxembourg and Italy. The purpose of these visits was to see the teams and properly say goodbye to them. When i left the REA Group a month or so ago i wasnt really given a chance to say goodbye to the teams in Australia or around the world. Therefore i took it upon myself to visit them, have a few drinks and to just chat with the teams.

So why so this? Well for many people it is about closure. I had spent alot of time with the teams around the world and my departure came as a huge suprise for many of them. Many of the team members asked me to come and say goodbye and i wanted to make sure i did this.


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		<title>Thank you &#8211; A Special Message to My Ex-Collegues at the REA Group</title>
		<link>http://myceolife.com/2008/08/thank-you-a-special-message-to-my-ex-collegues-at-the-rea-group/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A week ago i left the REA Group after 7.5 years leading the business.  I didnt get a chance to say goodbye to everyone so i thought i would write a note to the team at the REA Group to say thank you for an amazing ride. So when i was thinking about what to [...]


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		<title>The Era&#8217;s of Growth of the REA Group</title>
		<link>http://myceolife.com/2008/06/the-eras-of-growth-of-the-rea-group/</link>
		<comments>http://myceolife.com/2008/06/the-eras-of-growth-of-the-rea-group/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The company i run is called the REA Group.   The business was started in 1995 in the garage of one of the founders in the Melbourne suburb of Doncaster.  In 2000 it came within a few weeks of closing and since then has gone from strength to strength and is now operates 22 property portal [...]


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