Unlock leadership alpha with private equity-grade leadership development.
You can't bring out the best in your portfolio companies without bringing out the best in their leaders. This program is the secret weapon for doing so.
Achieve better port-co performance.
Stand out and win more deals.
Make your own job way easier.
In PE, great leaders fuel great returns.
95% of PE investors consider port-co leadership to be very important...
...and believe leadership accounts for >50% of investment returns.
We call this leadership alpha. But the reality is: generating leadership alpha doesn't happen by accident.
Developing port-co leaders is tough. That's why so few PE groups are programmatic about it.
"Where do we even start with L&D? We're not totally sure."
PE Operating Partner
"Leadership dev needs more focus, but I'm stretched too thin."
PE Talent Partner
"It's important, but not urgent. We're too busy fighting port-co fires."
PE Head of Talent
But PE groups that aren't investing in developing leadership talent will increasingly lose ground to those that are.
The failure to develop port-co managers into private equity-caliber leaders can come at a steep price.
Makes it tougher to attract top talent.
Causes more problems to hit the PEGs desk.
Can lead to employee retention challenges.
Makes the PE partner's job more challenging.
Makes for a weaker pitch to sellers.
Makes it tougher to achieve target returns.
That's where we come in.
These Private Equity Leadership Accelerators are PE-grade development programs that helps ambitious private equity firms unlock leadership alpha.
We equip PE-backed leaders with the skills and tools they need to succeed in a private equity environment.
Cohort-Based Learning
Learn alongside—and from—other PE-backed leaders.
Skills-Based Training
Training tailored to the skills most important to PE success.
Expert Coaching
Seasoned facilitators & coaches that understand private equity.
Turn-key Development
Our Delivery Team fully manages the program so you don't have to.
Built for talent-focused PE firms and the portfolio company leaders who drive their returns.
3 fully turn-key programs aimed at 3 distinct groups of PE-backed leaders:
INTEGRATE
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Designed for: Recently-backed mgmt teams that lack experience working with private equity.
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Used by: Founder-friendly firms who back PE-inexperienced management in newly acquired companies.
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Aimed at: Equipping leadership teams with the tools they need to succeed under private equity ownership.
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The Payoff: Flatten the PE learning curve. Speed up the time-to-value. And bridge the often-painful language barrier between PEG and management.
ACCELERATE
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Designed for: CXOs-in-Training—high potential portfolio company leaders identified by the PE firm as future CXOs and CEOs.
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Used by: Firms who are committed to building a pipeline of future CXO talent—and need help doing it.
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Aimed at: Accelerating the development of high-potential future execs, and amplifying their impact today.
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The Payoff: Attract up-and-comers. Build your pipeline of future CXO talent. And accelerate their development.
ELEVATE
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Designed for: High-potential middle managers and executives who need a boost to elevate their impact.
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Used by: Firms that recognize that in order to elevate portfolio company performance, you must elevate the middle.
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Aimed at: Equipping middle-managers with the skills and tools needed to elevate from middle manager to PE-caliber leader.
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The Payoff: Stronger middle managers → Higher performing, more engaged workforce → Greater success executing your value creation plan.
Focused on the mindsets, skills, and tools that are most important to leading within a PE-backed company.
Our approach focuses on 3 layers that build towards lasting change:
Lasting leadership growth always has to start from within.
✓ 360 assessment
✓ Deepening self-awareness
✓ Building a leadership mindset
✓ Developing your leadership credos
✓ Identifying and leveraging your strengths
✓ Overcoming self-sabotage and limiting beliefs
Great private equity leaders build and lead strong teams.
✓ Setting clear expectations
✓ Driving team accountability
✓ Motivating a team to perform
✓ Communicating with impact
✓ Coaching and delivering feedback
✓ Managing conflict in high-intensity environments
The skills needed to lead a PE-backed business to victory.
✓ Understanding private equity
✓ Long-term vision setting
✓ Establishing a planning rhythm
✓ Getting the right people aboard
✓ Setting and driving a value creation plan
✓ Leading with data and managing to numbers
A former private equity investor/CEO and a leadership development expert walked into a coffee bar...
And decided to create a different kind of leadership development program.
For private equity, by private equity.
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The program was co-designed by a PE investor and CEO, who understands the unique challenges of leading successfully within a private equity environment.
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We know what private equity leaders need.
Steeped in best practices.
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There's lots of second-rate leadership training out there. Long on theory, and short on practical value. But this program is practical, actionable, and infused with L&D best practice.
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We know how to design high-impact training.
Leveraging what's proven to work.
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One of our co-founders helped start the most successful CEO dev program in the middle market. The other has trained 1,000+ leaders, from PE-backed to F100.
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We have the reps needed to know what works
Leaders really like the experiences we create.
We've trained hundreds of investor-backed leaders. Take it from them.
