Regardless of your willingness to be “harnessed”, the author’s metaphor paints a useful picture. It implies being in alignment with the coach driver and others on the team, moving quickly on the journey to a desired destination, and staying focused on the path ahead. The reward isn’t oats (except if the destination isn’t achieved) but equity in [...]
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The First Lesson: Define the Full Potential
The first principle of the book, Lessons From Private Equity Any Company Can Use is “define the full potential of your company.” As an investor’s objective is increasing the value of the organization (and therefore the equity of their investment) thorough due diligence is critical to reaching an understanding of what exactly is being purchased and what [...]
Applying Private Equity Lessons to Human Capital: Live Broadcast
I’m fortunate to be considered an Expert Advisor for the Human Capital Institute’s Comprehensive On-Boarding, Career Transition, and Merger and Acquisition learning tracks. Tomorrow I’m the featured speaker for their September “Comprehensive On-Boarding Magazine” event, which occurs from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST.
Andy Kris is the Director of HCI’s Talent Leadership track and will host tomorrow’s broadcast [...]
Applying Private Equity Lessons to Build Human Capital
Effective leadership changes always contribute to improved business results but are especially critical to venture capitalist and and angel investors who seek a high return of their investments within 3-5 years. They simply don’t have the time and depth of leadership talent in most early stage companies to recover from a new leader who doesn’t build effective [...]