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The Mistakes PE Firms Make When They Pick CEOs for Portfolio Companies

Harvard Business Review

Selectively developing top team members to accomplish the strategy. Not seeking CEOs who value talent development. Because of the short timeframe in which they hold their portfolio companies (typically five to seven years), investors may view executive development as a luxury. Too many CEOs fall short of these skills.

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How to Transform a Traditional Giant into a Digital One

Harvard Business Review

For example, GE has created a digital platform in the energy sector that its own and third-party software developers can write applications to. He built a team to develop Predix, a cloud-based platform that underlies all of GE’s industrial businesses. Balancing the short-term and long-term is a dynamic leadership challenge.