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Sample Due Diligence Checklist: Are You Data Room Ready?

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Adapting Career Plans: Turning Challenges into Opportunities

How current economic trends are impacting executive compensation and career trajectories

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Using PE-CXO's Nine Dimensions of Governance Fit® as a Diligence Tool

Finding a good fit with a prospective sponsor can be the hardest part of diligence. Our proprietary tool, the Nine Dimensions of Governance Fit®, is here to help you assess sponsors when searching for your next PE-backed executive role.

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The X-Factor: Transformational Growth Mindset — The 6 Pillars of M&A Success

One CEO shares the Six Pillars of M&A Success: Strategy, Arbitrage, Synergy, White Space, New Product Development, and Future M&A Opportunities.

Business Management

Peer Perspectives

The X-Factor: Becoming a Change Agent in a Private Equity-Backed Environment

PE-backed CFO Jessica Hamilton shares how to execute transformational change while keeping teams aligned.

July 18, 2024 9 min read

Peer Perspectives

Team Leadership

Optimizing Team Alignment Through Better Feedback, Goals and Metrics

Improve organizational effectiveness through “co-creation,” effective feedback strategies, and refined goals to achieve strategic objectives faster

July 15, 2024 5 min read

Career Development

Peer Perspectives

The X-Factor: Navigating the Private Equity Landscape — Lessons from a First-Time CEO

PE-backed CEO Christian Leard shares his journey from public company leadership to PE and how to make the leap

July 08, 2024 9 min read

Business Management

Peer Perspectives

Navigating Executive Integration While Sustaining Entrepreneurial DNA

Strategies for preserving entrepreneurial spirit while transitioning to PE-backed ownership from founder-led acquisitions

June 24, 2024 5 min read

Peer Perspectives

Sponsor Relations

The X-Factor: Unlocking Sponsor Support — Strategies for Private Equity-Backed Executives

Strategic Operating Partner at Kayne Anderson Puja Agrawal discusses embracing sponsor resources, striking the right balance of leadership traits, and using the power of vulnera...

June 20, 2024 9 min read

Career Development

Peer Perspectives

Breaking Into Private Equity-Backed Leadership: Pillars for Success

Understand different ways private equity firms operate, adapt to their expectations, and adopt the three pillars of success in a PE-backed environment

June 10, 2024 5 min read