Reducing CEO Turnover and Optimizing Returns in Private Equity

Private equity CEOs fall into 2 broad groups. Both are confronted with the need to adjust their leadership approaches in order to succeed

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3 Focus Areas for Executives Transitioning to Middle Market Private Equity

Focus on three areas to manage the risks and realize your opportunity during this transition to Middle Market Private Equity.

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Why The Merger Of Essilor And Luxottica’s Cultures Is The Key To Extraordinary Value Creation

On the surface, everything about combining Essilor and Luxottica makes complete sense. Yet there’s a fundamental cultural disconnect that risks haunting the merger for years to come. The more leadership…

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What Microsoft Must Do To Onboard LinkedIn’s Leadership Successfully

CEOs Satya Nadella and Jeff Wiener must get a head start, manage the message and build the new, combined leadership team.

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83% Of Mergers Fail — Leverage A 100-Day Action Plan For Success Instead
83% Of Mergers Fail — Leverage A 100-Day Action Plan For Success Instead

Craft and implement a 100-Day value acceleration plan to manage enterprise and personal cultural issues in a merger or acquisition

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Mergers and Acquisitions Are Not Strategies. They Are Tactics.
Mergers and Acquisitions Are Not Strategies. They Are Tactics.

The critical point is to leverage mergers and acquisitions as tools to accelerate strategic shifts, not as answers on their own.

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What Facebook Must Do To Transfer Acquired Karma’s Karma
What Facebook Must Do To Transfer Acquired Karma’s Karma

The hard side of Facebook's acquisition of Karma, the data transfer, is relatively easy. The soft side is harder and where Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg et al need to focus…

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