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Frustration, loss of time, and painful financial consequences often arise from choosing the wrong search partner. Its prevalence was a huge catalyst for us launching our business. We believed a boutique retained executive search firm that understood the nuances of PE, was persuasive enough to cut through the clutter of heavy competition for A Players, and would utilize a proven process …
2023 has been an exceptionally challenging year for Private Equity (PE) firms and their portfolio companies. Interest rates have tripled, lending requirements are now more restrictive, and elevated costs are depressing margins. Everyday tasks such as fundraising, acquiring platform businesses, and selling assets at desired prices are much more difficult. A recent quote from Atlassian’s co-CEO Scott Farquar resonated with …
Clients, Prospects, Candidates, and others we speak with are asking us a timely question: now that many senior-level/high-performing executives are available in the marketplace due to a myriad of mostly cost-saving factors, is today’s battle for world-class talent easing? We would love for that to be the case, yet our real-world experience dispels this myth. On the contrary, 2023 continues …
A retained executive search firm is a type of recruitment firm that specializes in finding and hiring top-level executives for companies. Unlike other recruitment firms that work on a contingency basis, retained executive search firms are paid a retainer fee upfront to conduct a comprehensive search for the ideal candidate for their clients. When working with a retained executive search …
Competition for the finest executive talent today, particularly those who thrive in private equity-backed businesses and generate substantial value creation, is at the highest-level Spectrum has experienced since launching our firm over a dozen years ago. The PE firms we support and the CEO’s running their portfolio companies are facing intense pressure to recruit leaders to successfully steer their investments. …
Many of our Private Equity clients and the CEO’s leading their portfolio companies have done an incredible job managing through a very difficult and exhausting year. For most firms, 2020 will not be the year of dramatic growth they had hoped for but rather, in many cases, a story of persistence, adjustments, or survival. Nowhere has the repercussions from COVID …
Build Your Priorities Playbook: A Guide for Small and Midsize Businesses in the Pandemic By Vistage CEO Sam Reese The unpredictable nature of the pandemic has sidelined most companies’ long-term business plans. And while companies will always need to remain true to their mission, vision and purpose as their North Star, I firmly believe that leaders who focus on short-term …
Jul 11, 2020 How Business Leaders Are Safely Leading the Recovery By Vistage CEO Sam Reese With reopening efforts underway in most states, the American economy now needs a rebound in consumer demand, and small and midsize business (SMB) leaders must show consumers they’re prepared to safely lead the recovery for employees and customers alike. Throughout the pandemic, I’ve heard …
Jun 11, 2020 Marketing leader and product strategist bring vast healthcare expertise to growing document process automation company Seattle, Washington, June 9, 2020 – Concord Technologies, a leading provider of cloud-based fax and intelligent document automation software for healthcare providers and enterprises in other regulated industries, announced today that Allegra Landers has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). In her new role, …
Summer 2020 The abrupt change in business conditions this Spring has accelerated many pressing issues facing those in the private equity community. Spectrum has had numerous discussions with private equity sponsors and other senior executives regarding current trends and important issues within their portfolios. One of the most pressing topics to emerge from our conversations with more than 100 PE …
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