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Leaders Need Different Skills to Thrive in Tech

Harvard Business

Two of your most senior managers never do a lick of work—and are only on the payroll to keep competitors from recruiting them. We then interviewed more than a dozen U.S. As the interviews progressed, we developed seven categories that captured similar challenges. A tenure of two years makes you an “old-timer.”

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The Mistakes PE Firms Make When They Pick CEOs for Portfolio Companies

Harvard Business

Since 2009 we have interviewed and surveyed 181 executives who run PE-owned companies, as well as eight to 15 people who work with each of these 181 executives (supervisors, board members, director reports, and others). But CEOs at the best-run PE-owned firms we’ve worked with emphasize both recruiting and talent development.

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