Sep 20, 2023 Lessons from the factory floor part 2: The music has stopped on salaried churn. Now what? By Parmesh Bhaskaran Steven Hilgendorf Allen Merriman Felix Pflaum Stephen Smith Chandan Singh +3 more... Show less While the challenges around the hourly manufacturing workforce get most of the ink (particularly in light of the UAW strike), salaried...
Sep 08, 2023 Reconfiguring to win: How companies are rationalizing their product portfolios to survive and thrive in uncertainty By Jason McDannold Phani Bhamidipati Yale Kwon Justin Casey Aditya Eswar +2 more... Show less The verdict is in: Change is good, especially when it comes to product portfolios. When faced with ever-evolving markets, well-managed...
Aug 25, 2023 Lessons from the factory floor Part 1: These labor pains aren’t temporary By Parmesh Bhaskaran Steven Hilgendorf Allen Merriman Felix Pflaum Stephen Smith Chandan Singh +3 more... Show less One of the dominant themes in the business world has been the labor shortage. There are too many open jobs and not enough workers to fill...
Jul 20, 2023 Inclusive ownership as a vehicle for better personal and enterprise outcomes: our partnership with Ownership Works By Adam Fless The outlook for employee equity is brighter thanks to Ownership Works, a nonprofit organization working to catalyze the design and...
Jul 11, 2023 Supercharging Due Diligence: Unleashing AI's potential in outside-in analysis By Jason McDannold Sebastian Blaustein Yale Kwon Dana Aguilera Herman Gurklys +2 more... Show less Ongoing market disruptions are changing the private equity (PE) landscape. Winning firms are increasingly relying on the outside‑in due...
Jun 12, 2023 Podcast: ParkerGale's PE Funcast discusses our 8th Annual PE Leadership survey By Ted Bililies I recently joined ParkerGale's Devin Mathews to discuss the findings in our 8th Annual PE Leadership Survey and the 2023 AlixPartners...
Aug 23, 2022 What happens when no one opens the door? How seemingly small actions can hint at larger problems. By Michael Cardinale My friend’s son is working as a summer intern at a multi-billion-dollar company that sells software and services. This company, like many...
Aug 01, 2022 As costs inflate, it’s time to pay attention to what hasn’t been a priority: utilities By Mitchell Collens Harrison Pappas Rob Sterner In today’s world, there isn’t a shortage of conversation on rising costs, inflation, unreliable supply chains, and ESG. Whether it is in...
Jul 29, 2022 COE or SSC? The difference and why it matters By Ashish Malhotra A common point of confusion for companies undergoing an organizational transformation is establishing Centers of Excellence (COE) and...
Jul 28, 2022 No exit? Declining values and fundraising challenges present PE with a deal dilemma By Mark Veldon “Private equity funds are sitting on x billion/ trillion of dry powder” – How many times has this been said or written over the last...
Jun 27, 2022 Turbulent markets coupled with ESG pose interesting questions for PE as an economic downturn approaches By Mark Veldon The last couple of years have been somewhat turbulent for PE funds. 2020 threw a huge pandemic-shaped spanner in the works of deal...
Jun 23, 2022 The business case for building a Virtual Power Plant - and 5 IT watchouts if you do… By Les Viszlai I wrote in my previous article about the Energy Cloud and the benefits offered by Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and Virtual Power...
Jun 22, 2022 From deal to integration: Turning theses into objectives By Connor Lott Mark Veldon M&A isn't easy, even if the deal parameters and synergy hypotheses appear superb. Most of us are familiar with the research from Harvard...
Jun 14, 2022 PE's Savings Opportunity in Shared Services By Connor Lott Saurabh Singh Ashish Malhotra Vinay Prathy +1 more... Show less Some General Partners (GPs) are missing out on significant savings opportunities by not combining shared services functions across their...
May 23, 2022 The digital opportunity for value creation By Paul Kelly Mike Pitts Clive De Silva Angus Cologne-Brookes Swapnil Nigam +2 more... Show less As outlined in our previous article, there is a wide-range of digital value-creation opportunities available for Private Equity portfolio...
Apr 25, 2022 Value Protection vs. Value Creation: Striking the right balance with digital opportunities By Mike Pitts Paul Kelly Clive De Silva Guruprasad Poojari +1 more... Show less Digital value creation opportunities abound in Private Equity portfolio companies. Whether value is created through technology-driven...