Drawing on our executive search practice, we put this together to give employers a grounded, practical view they can act on. Distressed situations require a leader who can stabilise cash, make severe decisions quickly, and operate while stakeholders lose patience, which is a […]
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This reflects what we have learned at JRG Partners doing exactly this kind of work, the distinctions that matter and the mistakes that recur. Operating partners occupy an unusual position: they carry accountability for portfolio performance without formal authority over the […]
Drawing on our executive search practice, we put this together to give employers a grounded, practical view they can act on. Firms that repeatedly need the same handful of executive profiles across a portfolio, a CFO who can build reporting, a COO who can standardise operations, […]
At JRG Partners, this is the kind of search we run every day, so this piece reflects practice rather than theory. Portfolio companies need senior capability at short notice more often than firms plan for: a CFO departs unexpectedly, a carve-out needs functions stood up, an […]
This reflects what we have learned at JRG Partners doing exactly this kind of work, the distinctions that matter and the mistakes that recur. The COO role in a portfolio company is defined more variably than almost any other, ranging from a genuine second-in-command to a […]
At JRG Partners, this is the kind of search we run every day, so this piece reflects practice rather than theory. Value creation plans are usually written in commercial and operational terms and then encounter a talent constraint nobody costed: the plan assumes capabilities the […]
This reflects what we have learned at JRG Partners doing exactly this kind of work, the distinctions that matter and the mistakes that recur. Buyers price management teams, whether or not the seller thinks of it that way: a business with credible leadership that will remain is […]
Drawing on our executive search practice, we put this together to give employers a grounded, practical view they can act on. Some capable executives flourish under private equity ownership and others, equally capable, do not, and the difference is rarely about competence. It […]
At JRG Partners, this is the kind of search we run every day, so this piece reflects practice rather than theory. Most of the delay in portfolio executive searches is created on the client side rather than by the search itself, which means the available improvements are largely […]
This reflects what we have learned at JRG Partners doing exactly this kind of work, the distinctions that matter and the mistakes that recur. Management assessment during diligence is frequently the least rigorous part of an otherwise thorough process, conducted through a […]