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Through our blog posts, we share insight into our latest thinking. We strive to provide answers to the questions that are important to our clients.
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04.23.19Can You Lead a Private Equity Portfolio Company?
By: David Astorino, By: Steven Gilbert
Most private equity firms have high levels of debt. They require constant attention to cash flow, spending, debt repayment, and financial targets so their companies can exit in two to five years.
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04.16.19What Has Machine Learning Got to Do with Leadership...
By: Reece Akhtar
Organizations invest money in assessing, measuring, and modifying a leader’s behavior in the hopes that a few nudges can push the needle. This is not a wasted effort; there is much evidence to demonstrate that this is a worthwhile exercise. But can we do a better job at identifying and understanding a leader’s talents? Yes.
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04.09.19RHR Update Newsletter: Second Quarter, 2019 | RHR...
RHR International's quarterly newsletter features highlights of blog posts, thought leadership insight, and research studies as well as media coverage and key industry events. Read the RHR Q2 Update.
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04.02.19Career Transitions: Tips for a Fast Start
By: Jeff Kirschner
One of the most difficult career transitions occurs when you have been a long-term employee of one company and are leaving to move to a new job. The emotions surrounding the transition represent a mixture of excitement and trepidation, coupled with a profound sense of loss.
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03.27.19Due Diligence: Assessing a Company’s Change-Readiness
By: Grant W. Levitan
This is the second and final part of our interview with Melissa Mounce who is human capital leader, Baird Capital, an RHR client.
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03.26.19Assessing Talent for Small “t” Transformation and...
By: Grant W. Levitan
Human Capital Leader, Melissa Mounce, Baird Capital This is part 1 of our interview with Melissa Mounce.
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03.19.19Leaders, Do You Have a Pulse?
By: David Astorino, By: Kristen Gilson
The higher up you go within hierarchical organizational structures, the more powerful the roles become, with the CEO being the most powerful. Our research and experience show that leaders cast long shadows over their organizations. In this way, every single behavior matters when it comes to the engagement of employees many levels below them.
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03.12.19C-Suite Preparation for Board Meetings: Do You Know...
By: Deborah P. Rubin
In the pursuit of good governance, the board of directors of publicly held companies meet four or more times per year, and some board committees meet even more frequently.
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03.06.19Developing Leaders Within Portfolio Companies: A New...
By: David Cumberbatch
Over the last five years the private equity industry has experienced tremendous growth; a sustained period of low interest rates has made it very attractive to investors. As a result, the money raised by private equity firms has grown substantially, and the largest funds in history have been created and focused on global opportunities. At the same...
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03.04.19Embracing the Rainbow Wave: How CEOs Can Advance LGBT...
By: Orla Leonard
Antonio Zappulla is the newly appointed CEO of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the world’s leading news and information provider. Antonio joined the Thomson Reuters Foundation as director of Communications in 2013.