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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.

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

Business Management

Sponsor Relations

Streamlining Prioritization in Sponsor-Executive Partnerships

The pivotal role prioritization plays in propelling success, and what executives can do to spearhead its implementation

April 11, 2024 4 min read

Business Management

PE Landscape

The State of M&A

Various factors are driving a boost in dealmaking activity in 2024 to date

April 09, 2024 5 min read

PE Landscape

Peer Perspectives

X-Factor: Navigating Deal Structures Amid Shifting Macroeconomic Conditions

Investment banker and M&A expert Arindam Basu shares current macroeconomic impacts on deal activity and structure

March 28, 2024 9 min read

Career Development

PE Landscape

Carve-Outs: What You Need to Know

Leveraging a backlog of unsold investments to unlock value

March 13, 2024 4 min read