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PE Firms Are Creating a New Role: Leadership Capital Partner

Harvard Business

In phase 3, successful portfolio transformations require financial discipline that is not an event, but a pattern; strategic clarity that is not a direction, but a commitment; operational excellence that is not a tool, but a mindset. Evaluating leadership capital has always been a critical component of due diligence for deal teams.

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7 Critical Success Factors for Project Based Firms to Consider in 2024

Progressus

According to PWC , talent, technology and data will set winning professional services firms apart from the competition. Human experts (talent) – and the knowledge and skills they bring to the table – are responsible for generating business value and differentiating their firm from the competition. Retain talent? The bottom line?

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How to Evaluate Your Marketing Leader’s Performance

Prudent Pedal

Ask questions about production efficiency, turnaround times, collateral organization/dissemination, and costs. Financial performance vis a vis strategic priorities (base retention, market expansion/share, key account penetration, product portfolio performance, new market penetration, and acquisitions) . Why did you miss it?

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Private Equity’s New Phase

Harvard Business

These buy outs shifted agency from owners to managers; “corporate raiders” worked with high-yield debt to fund these turnarounds. The primary focus was on fixing the acquired firm through financial restructuring, dramatic cost cutting, and strategic slashing. a condo development, apartment building, or golf course).

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

They entered the financial disputes business with the acquisition of Klick, Kent and Allen, Inc. FTI expanded into investigation and research capabilities as well as turnaround, restructuring, bankruptcy and forensic accounting with the moves. Restructuring/Turnaround Services. Valuation & Financial Advisory Services.

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A Simple Way to Map Out Your Career Ambitions

Harvard Business

My experience with even the most successful global companies is that they’re between average and poor at developing future talent. Leadership & Developing People Book. If you want to be a chief financial officer (CFO), identify five CFOs who you admire or who are well regarded in your industry. Further Reading.

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Leaders Need Different Skills to Thrive in Tech

Harvard Business

You accept your first job as a manager in a fast growth tech company, thinking: “How much different could this be from my former company—a financial services firm? How talent management is changing. They must deliver on tight timelines, quick turnarounds and short project cycles. Management is management, right?”

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