All the easy levers have been pulled – purchasing cost reduction, a new strategy – so what’s next? Private equity sponsors are increasingly looking at organisational effectiveness and behaviour as the new frontier for value creation. But changing behaviour is difficult, and takes time.
This quarter’s In Focus features a recently published case study from RealDeals magazine on how a mid-market buy-out increased enterprise value 3x by shifting culture over the course of two PE transactions, an IPO and public-to-private deal.
Achieving profitable growth requires a different culture, behaviours and management practices than cost-cutting. But what are the exact differences and how can leaders shift their organisations fast enough? Uster’s story tells how the firm switched from cost reduction to value growth by changing behaviour and leadership practices.
This is the first article in a three-part series on designing and implementing a fit-for-purpose Target Operating Model. The series provides a practical roadmap for…
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Liquidity has become the defining constraint in today’s private equity markets. Where timing and financial engineering once drove distributions, funds are now facing longer holding…
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Private equity investors and executive teams rightly focus on operating model design as a core lever for value creation. The right structure can accelerate growth,…
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