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We are entering a new era of value creation that most companies are not prepared for

In this new era, digitization is tablestakes, not a differentiator. True value creation will require a fundamental shift in perspective from competing with competitors to cooperating with partners in networks & ecosystems, ultimately creating & maximizing value in ways that no single company can manage alone.

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Talent is paramount for creating value in this new, increasingly complex world.

The Challenge

Harvard Business Review's cover for its January and February 2022 issue

An overwhelming majority of business leaders surveyed by Strategy& in HBR's Build a Leadership Team for Transformation agree that leaders need to balance six seemingly paradoxical qualities to build competitive advantages in today's increasingly complex world. Whereas it used to be good enough for leaders to be strong in one quality or the other, today's leaders need to be strong in both. The six paradoxical qualities are below. Read the full HBR article here.

Visionary

Operator

Venn diagram showing that today's leaders need to be both visionaries & operators

Strategic executor

Has bold, ambitious ideas as well as the practical capabilities needed to realize visions

Yesterday's Leaders

Today's Leaders

Source: Strategy&

Leaders will need to balance seemingly paradoxical demands across six key personas

The Implication

Proficiency gaps will lead to a shortage of value creators

While the majority of survey participants agreed that it is important for their leaders & teams to balance those six paradoxical expectations, significantly less felt confident that their current leaders were either "good" or "best in class" at both elements in each paradox.

As a result of these proficiency gaps, companies will either need to upskill their current leaders or hire new leaders who can balance these paradoxical demands. 

Strategic executor

Has bold, ambitious ideas as well as the practical capabilities needed to realize visions 

96%

51%

% of respondents indicating that both elements of the paradox are important or critical to the company's future success

Source: Strategy&

% of respondents indicating that top leaders in their organizations are good or best in class at both elements of the paradox

A strong talent partner is a sustainable competitive advantage

We have experience working with...

Startups

We work with both venture-backed & bootstrapped startups. Whether you are disrupting an industry, reimagining a function, or both, we partner with your organization to fuel it with the mission-critical talent that is needed to further commercialize your venture.

PE Firms & PortCos

​​We work with PE firms to find talent across the entire deal cycle, from pre-deal DD & investments to post-deal value creation & sell-side DD. We can help find talent for your deal teams, operating teams, and PortCos.

Transformative Corps

We work with larger orgs who undergo ambitious transformations to reinvent themselves for this new day-and-age. Whether you're looking for talent that can help drive internal transformations or talent to build out a new service or offering, we can help.

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