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Private Equity Leadership Interview

An Operating Partner on Replacing Leadership After Acquisition

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Summary

An operating partner on spotting within the first hundred days whether a portfolio leader is building or defending, and how to replace one without losing momentum.

Jason's analysis

Builders versus defenders is the cleanest first-hundred-days heuristic I have heard. And the discipline of lining up the successor before moving is what separates value creation from disruption.

Questions asked

  1. When do you know leadership has to change?
  2. How do you tell a builder from a defender?
  3. How do you replace without losing momentum?

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