The Bench You Think You Have
In June I argued that the bench is the whole game. That post made the case for depth. This one asks the harder question: succession readiness. Not the person the chart names. The person who could actually do the job on Monday. Most leadership teams can produce a chart with successors on it. Still, very […]
Private Equity Buys Talent. Founders Should Build It.
A report landed this month that every founder should read. Even the ones with no intention of ever selling. Altrata studied more than 11,500 portfolio companies and 60,000 executives. One finding is quiet on the page. Still, it changes the math for anyone building a company. Private equity now fills 74% of portfolio-company leadership roles […]