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The Changing AI Landscape: Guidance for Portfolio Company Operators

The competitive advantage from AI will belong to organizations that align adoption with business outcomes.

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The Operational Reality of Private Equity-Backed M&A

As add-on activity continues, executives are increasingly balancing integration complexity against core business performance.

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Why Commercial Leadership Turnover Persists in Portfolio Companies

Average commercial leadership tenure is just 25 months. Find out what’s driving it and how executives can improve outcomes.

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How Private Equity Sponsors Evaluate Your Career Narrative

Executives seeking PE-backed roles are judged on more than experience. Sponsors want a clear narrative that demonstrates value creation potential.

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From Vision to Scale: 5 Key Considerations for Founder-Led to Founder-Influenced Transitions

Lead your next founder-led acquisition to success under private equity ownership.

Peer Perspectives

Sponsor Relations

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

Business Management

PE Landscape

Crafting a Contract That Benefits Both Parties

Bridge the gap between contractor and client interest and craft agreements that lead to mutually beneficial partnerships

May 30, 2024 4 min read

PE Landscape

Sponsor Relations

X-Factor: Lifecycle of a Private Equity Investment Thesis

Managing Director and Group Head of Private Equity Jennifer Pereira reveals how sponsors develop an investment thesis throughout a hold period

April 26, 2024 10 min read

Career Development

Sponsor Relations

X-Factor: Maximizing Success With The Crucible — The Premier Private Equity Talent Assessment

Lindsay Guzowski, Founder and CEO of The Crucible, shares how to use this first and only behavioral assessment and research tool built exclusively for the private equity-backed ...

April 18, 2024 10 min read

Business Management

Team Leadership

Fine-Tuning and Implementing an Authority Matrix

How to tailor an authority matrix to fit your PE-backed company

April 12, 2024 3 min read