Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use - Bain
MEMO TO THE CEO
Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use
By
Orit Gadiesh and Hugh MacArthur
Harvard Business Press Boston, Massachusetts
ISBN-13: 978-1-4221-5136-5
10080
Publisher’s Note: Memo to the CEO
Authored by leading experts and examining issues of special urgency, the books in the Memo to the CEO series are tailored for today’s time-starved executives. Concise, focused, and solutions-oriented, each book explores a critical management challenge and offers authoritative counsel, provocative points of view, and practical insight. Also available: Climate Change: What’s Your Business Strategy?
Andrew J. Hoffman, University of Michigan John G. Woody, MMA Renewable Ventures
Five Future Strategies You Need Right Now
George Stalk, the Boston Consulting Group
High Performance with High Integrity
Ben Heineman, former General Counsel of General Electric
Manage the Media (Don’t Let the Media Manage You)
William J. Holstein, award-winning writer for the New York Times, Fortune, and Barron’s
MEMO TO THE CEO
Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use
Orit Gadiesh Hugh MacArthur
Bain & Company, Inc.
Harvard Business Press Boston, Massachusetts
Copyright 2008 Bain & Company, Inc. All rights reserved
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior permission of the publisher. Requests for permission should be directed to permissions@hbsp.harvard.edu, or mailed to Permissions, Harvard Business School Publishing, 60 Harvard Way, Boston, Massachusetts 02163.
Contents
Introducing the Private Equity Advantage What Is Going On in Private Equity? How Can PE Lessons Apply to You? Define the Full Potential Develop the Blueprint Accelerate Performance Harness the Talent Make Equity Sweat Foster a Results-Oriented Mind-set Conclusion Lessons
Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use
By
Orit Gadiesh and Hugh MacArthur
Harvard Business Press Boston, Massachusetts
ISBN-13: 978-1-4221-5136-5
10080
Publisher’s Note: Memo to the CEO
Authored by leading experts and examining issues of special urgency, the books in the Memo to the CEO series are tailored for today’s time-starved executives. Concise, focused, and solutions-oriented, each book explores a critical management challenge and offers authoritative counsel, provocative points of view, and practical insight. Also available: Climate Change: What’s Your Business Strategy?
Andrew J. Hoffman, University of Michigan John G. Woody, MMA Renewable Ventures
Five Future Strategies You Need Right Now
George Stalk, the Boston Consulting Group
High Performance with High Integrity
Ben Heineman, former General Counsel of General Electric
Manage the Media (Don’t Let the Media Manage You)
William J. Holstein, award-winning writer for the New York Times, Fortune, and Barron’s
MEMO TO THE CEO
Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use
Orit Gadiesh Hugh MacArthur
Bain & Company, Inc.
Harvard Business Press Boston, Massachusetts
Copyright 2008 Bain & Company, Inc. All rights reserved
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior permission of the publisher. Requests for permission should be directed to permissions@hbsp.harvard.edu, or mailed to Permissions, Harvard Business School Publishing, 60 Harvard Way, Boston, Massachusetts 02163.
Contents
Introducing the Private Equity Advantage What Is Going On in Private Equity? How Can PE Lessons Apply to You? Define the Full Potential Develop the Blueprint Accelerate Performance Harness the Talent Make Equity Sweat Foster a Results-Oriented Mind-set Conclusion Lessons