Private Equity
Leadership Solutions
Optimize Your Portfolio
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Executive & Organization Assessment
Is top leadership at your portfolio companies ready to perform to investment expectations? Ineffective management is the most common reason cited when expected investment returns fail to materialize. Understand your leadership capacity to achieve results and align with your investment vision.
Strong leadership is an essential driver of performance and you need portfolio company leaders who will:
- Build the team
- Execute effectively
- Drive growth
- Deliver sustained financial performance
- Provide strong transitional leadership
Dawson Consulting Group provides in-depth insights which support the execution of your investment vision, delivering custom solutions tailored to your needs. When applied pre or post-acquisition, Private Equity Leadership Solutions lead to higher performing executives and teams that reduce performance problems, maximize returns and help meet your investment time horizon.
Private Equity Leadership Solutions are ideal for:
- Individual executives — assessment and coaching
- Management teams – existing, newly formed or underperforming teams
- Talent Acquisition — Open positions or replacement of key executives
- Succession Planning — Identification and retention of high-potential leaders
Executive & Team Solutions
Pre/Post-Acquisition Due Diligence and Integration
The success of your investment not only depends on the financial decisions you make, but on the strength and capability of the senior management team. Human capital and cultural due diligence dramatically impacts portfolio optimization.
- Leadership Audit & Change Management – A baseline diagnostic of a portfolio company’s culture and executive leadership team that provides independent and constructive feedback on strengths, weaknesses and gaps from a leadership perspective. Results and recommendations are shared with the Board in order to move the organization forward with a new sense of urgency and purpose.
- On-boarding – Individual executive and team on-boarding and early development to ensure a fast start. The first 90 days are critical to a new leader’s success, and a formal on-boarding process ensures alignment and focus on critical business goals.
Select & Retain the Right Leaders
4 Pillars of Effective Succession Planning
Build your management team to get results. Find, assess and develop the best executives and management teams by partnering with Dawson Consulting. We provide expert assistance when selecting, assessing and developing executives who will optimize the long-term value of your investments.
- Selection Assessment – A formal selection assessment process enhances interviewing and hiring decisions. Private equity key stakeholders gain detailed insights into what makes a finalist candidate successful and what profile is best suited to execute on the current business strategy. The Selection Assessment results predict a new leader’s impact within the organization. We partner with you to:
- Set expectations for a specific role
- Profile finalist candidates to identify gaps in leadership behaviors critical for driving success
Executive & Team Development
Leadership Development Programs
Do you have leadership or team performance gaps? Dawson Consulting Group’s custom assessment and development process uncovers leadership deficiencies or challenges limiting achievement of full potential.
- Individual Executive Coaching – In deals where a CEO or senior management team member needs to adapt to new organizational requirements and expectations, providing executive coaching is essential for developing new behaviors and executing on goals and performance expectations.
- Team Development Solutions – Dawson Consulting Group consults with a senior executive team to identify and implement best practices to significantly improve the team’s operating effectiveness and maximize results.
Arrange an introductory meeting or complimentary assessment today: Contact Sheryl Dawson 281 -451-4244.