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Predicting Success: How ARS Identified High-Performing General Managers to Drive Business Growth

ARS approached MDA Leadership to improve performance consistency and business growth across its geographic footprint based on the leadership capabilities and impact of its General Managers (GMs). By smartly and effectively identifying those most likely (and least likely) to succeed as GMs, ARS is now much better prepared to achieve predictable business success and enjoy a higher likelihood of long-term, sustainable growth. Learn how they did it.

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Once a portfolio company is acquired, you need the right leadership team in place to execute on that company’s investment thesis. Learn how these executives leveraged the power of MDA leadership assessment in two dramatically different scenarios—ranging from a high-growth business to a turnaround situation—to deliver high value at exit to their private equity partner.

As PE firms face rapid change, longer hold times, and other forces, building leadership capability and capacity has become a business imperative. In fact, new research shows leadership effectiveness is now the most important lever for value creation, leading to far greater returns at exit. Here Jeff Hinds, SVP of Private Equity/Principal Consultant, MDA Leadership, shares the business case for why leadership matters and how the firm helps investors to maximize their return.

Just as a great CEO and leadership team can propel a portfolio company to new heights of success, the wrong leaders can be debilitating. A recent Harvard Business Review study noted that portfolio company leadership has a 10-15% impact on financial performance and a 25-30% impact on market valuation. Hear from experts how to better select C-suite leadership in portfolio companies.

How can private equity firms make certain their portfolio companies have the right talent, culture, and leadership to thrive and deliver the highest returns on investment? A panel of experts discusses the value of assessment in ensuring that you have the right people in place, working together, to quickly produce results that achieve investors’ goals.

How does assessment differ in a private equity versus a corporate context? There’s a significant difference in these environments because the time horizon and investment goals are so different. Hear a panel of experts discuss how assessment in the PE environment needs to be about focusing on the investment thesis and then assessing the talent to determine the ability of leaders to capitalize on that thesis.