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Fellow PE professionals and execs: Wondering whether a target acquisition has the leadership and talent to make your investment thesis a reality? Not sure whether you have the right leaders in critical portfolio company roles? Tired of losing time and momentum when a recently acquired company gets off to a slow start post-acquisition? I get it. I’ve been in your shoes as a PE investor and CEO/CXO myself. 13+ amazing years with an innovative & top-performing MM PE firm. Early on in my PE career, I learned the hard way that neglecting to (1) perform org due diligence, (2) get the right team onto the field quickly post-closing, (3) align on a clear value creation plan had costly consequences. 🚫 Losing precious time 🚫 Putting growth & value creation at risk 🚫 Leaving returns on the table But over years of learning from the best and lots of trial-and-error as a PE ops professional & executive, I figured out a thing or two about: → How to size up a target’s leadership & value creation readiness BEFORE investing. → How to ensure you have the right leaders in the most critical port-co roles → How to get newly-acquired companies off to a strong start in the First 100. In 2021, I spun out of an in-house PE role so I could help more PE firms and their portfolio companies 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in 3 specific ways: • Assessing value creation readiness pre-acquisition → 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: 𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙪𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 - https://bit.ly/47HzPol • Getting the right team onto the field post-acquisition → 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨: 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 // 𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 - https://bit.ly/3T9yO3Z • Getting off to a fast and focused start in the critical First 100 days → 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: 𝙁𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 - https://bit.ly/3GtWj02 * * * * * Want to learn more about how to do these things, but don’t want to work with me yet? No prob. You can check out: → My bestselling book on PE value creation >> www.winningmoves.co → This free workshop on how to approach organizational due diligence >> https://bit.ly/3rCfWiL → This free workshop on leadership assessment >> https://bit.ly/3RJOIRU → This free workshop on how to win the First 100 >> http://bit.ly/3rCjPEy → Learnings, practical advice, and the occasional dog photo I post daily >> [hit “Follow”]