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The Balanced Way to Achieve Scale and Sale with CEO Mark Johnson

Consulting Matters

He most recently served as the Chief Executive Officer for Concord Servicing – a company he led to record-breaking growth that culminated in its sale from the founder to a private equity firm. I'm in my "favorite executive" series, and Mark is on my list!

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Private Equity’s New Phase

Harvard Business

Some of this ownership shift includes failure of firms or acquisition of firms into larger conglomerates (either domestic or foreign), but much of the de-listing shift comes from publicly traded firms becoming private. Three Phases in the Evolution of Private Equity Investment. Large private equity firms (e.g.,

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Corporate Governance Should Combine the Best of Private Equity and Family Firms

Harvard Business

Over the last 30 years, the private equity model has risen to the fore as a solution to the governance problem. In private equity, managers and shareholders are closely connected. The great strength of the classic private equity model is the clear-sighted medium-term focus on strategy. The Hybrid Model.

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Consultant Ninja: If I hear the word "thought leader" one more time.

Consultant Ninja

Its really just poor intellectual & verbal discipline. Equity Private. "global scale," "leverage key capabilities," "uniquely positioned." My brain rots at the overuse of abstract terms without really the speaking truly understanding what they mean. Posted by Consultant Ninja. at 10:20 AM. Labels: Bitterness , Consulting.

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PE Firms Are Creating a New Role: Leadership Capital Partner

Harvard Business

During the last 20 years, private equity (PE) investors have assumed an increasingly influential role in business, with publicly traded firms dropping from about 7,500 to 3,800. Today, large private equity firms not only buy and sell (phase 1), buy and hold (phase 2), but buy and transform (phase 3).

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Leadership lessons from consultants in business series - part three: looking to the future

freshminds

Look out for collaborations – Working effectively across geographic boundaries, business areas and professional disciplines is becoming increasingly important as industries become more and more complex and globalised. ' It is certainly an apt warning for all business sectors though.

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All Hail Medium-Term Planning

Harvard Business

It provides organizational discipline. The private equity industry has a clear understanding of the importance of the medium term. The discipline lies in exiting at the right time. At their best, family businesses combine three elements crucial to corporate success: purpose, organizational discipline, and patience.