N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

Savvy CEOs simply aren’t in a rush to close the deal and secure the funding if it means sacrificing knowledge, experience and influence. By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth . I have watched entrepreneurs and executives initially trivialize the value of influence in a capital transaction, only to regret it down the road.

Influence 321

Influence Due Diligence CIO Business Model 321

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The articles should have been written on the topic of poor leadership. Toxic work environments can only exist where a lack of trust and respect are present, and this can only occur in the absence of sound leadership.

Environment 419

Environment Blog Due Diligence Brand 419

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Hard work and due diligence take you to the path of success. They all have one thing in common: excellent entrepreneurship and leadership qualities that make them unique and reach success’s pinnacles. That saying is very true! You can achieve practically anything with effort and determination. Entrepreneurship Skills.

Quality 95

Quality Succession Entrepreneur Due Diligence 95

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

A normal acquisition process seeks to ensure something basic: a strategic rationale for a deal, supported by a thoughtful selection process, with known risks identified by a short, intense due diligence. What this requires is doing some integration due diligence as part of the M&A process.

Due Diligence 11

Due Diligence Company Stakeholder Analysis Retail 11

Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2014

It’s created through a process of due diligence and a deliberate effort to intentionally and consistently integrate the seven core values into the workplace. This is leadership! CEO Jason Levesque, a US Army veteran and entrepreneur, founded Argo Marketing in 2003, and has become a widely respected Maine business owner.

Development 59

Development Team Loyalty Due Diligence 59

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2017

In phase 3, successful portfolio transformations require financial discipline that is not an event, but a pattern; strategic clarity that is not a direction, but a commitment; operational excellence that is not a tool, but a mindset. Evaluating leadership capital has always been a critical component of due diligence for deal teams.

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence Leadership Early Adopters Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

When a private equity firm adds a new company to its portfolio, analysts rigorously size up its financial, operational, and competitive condition. Yet even with all that knowledge and effort, many private equity companies still don’t do a good job when it comes to deciding whether to keep the CEO in place or select a new CEO.

CEO 8

CEO Company Due Diligence Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

This blog post is part of the HBR Online Forum The CEO's Role in Fixing the System. Not long ago, the chief executive of a global telecommunications firm shared with me his frustration that "even in a meeting with the CEO, most institutional investors seek only granular data points to plug into their models.

Long-term 12

Long-term CEO Short-term Asset Management 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

Doing digital M&A right means upending the way most companies approach financing, due diligence, and merger integration. Next, you need to understand how digital M&A turns traditional due diligence on its head. So, what do you need to know to get up the learning curve? Let’s start with financing the deal.

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence Company Learning Curve Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Four things are required: Do deeper due diligence. Find out how they made it work and double down on the due diligence. Look at leadership capabilities. Consider the individual’s leadership style and how he or she projects himself or herself. You and Your Team. Hiring and Firing. How do they do it?

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence Diversity Video Leadership Styles 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

CEOs are on the hunt to understand who has done what, and who has succeeded. Change the dialogue in the senior leadership team to focus on the end-to-end customer experience. CEOs cannot manage their silos via hub-and-spoke and expect digital expertise to be properly incorporated in key decisions. billion stake.

Short-term 8

Short-term How To Venture Capitalist CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Common pitfalls are a lack of cultural understanding between the integrating parties, poor integration leadership, and a focus on the wrong activity set or the wrong targets. The acquiring company wished to retain its operating approach and replicate it within the newly acquired business.

Process 8

Process McKinsey Due Diligence Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

John Lees, the UK-based career strategist and author of How to Get a Job You Love , agrees that it’s important to do further “due diligence” on the company and its people to make sure it’s a place you want to work. “Joe,” the CEO of the new company, asked Brad to come on as chief strategy officer.

How To 8

How To Incubator Due Diligence Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. Ma and the Alibaba leadership team would retain management control.

Chief Financial Officer 9

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2011

Global leadership is much more complicated than leading people like you," says Mansour Javidan, the Director of the Global Mindset Institute at Thunderbird School of Global Management and author of " Making It Overseas." Fortunately, more people are doing their due diligence these days.

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Globalization Engineering Due Diligence Project 15