What predicts success in PE value creation?
There is no structured dataset on what makes operators succeed inside portfolio companies. We are building one, and the answer is incomplete without your experience.
Phase One is 10 questions and takes about 5 minutes. Aggregated findings will be sent to every respondent when published.
Ready for Phase Two?
Your Phase One responses are already recorded. Phase Two is 7 optional additional questions that go deeper on failure patterns, case studies, and the contrarian view.
About 3 minutes. Either way, thanks for taking part.
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What is your firm's total AUM?
Used only to segment results by firm size in the published analysis.
How many people are on your value creation or portfolio ops team?
How many value creation hires (Director and above) has your firm made in the past 24 months?
How many interview rounds does your firm typically run for a senior value creation hire?
Which assessment methods do you use?
Select all that apply.
Which single method is most predictive of on-the-job success?
Pick the one that best identifies operators who succeed.
What predicts success? Pick exactly 5.
Select the five characteristics most predictive of on-the-job success in value creation roles.
Of those 5, which is the single strongest predictor?
Pick the one trait that matters most above all others.
Which of these does your process actually screen for?
Select all characteristics your interview process formally evaluates.
How confident are you that your current process consistently identifies A-players?
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If you have another 3 minutes, there are 7 optional questions covering case studies, failure patterns, and the contrarian view on what the industry overweights.
Either way, thanks for taking part.
What does the industry screen for too heavily?
The most overweighted credential in value creation hiring, in your view.
Does your firm use a case study, work simulation, or presentation exercise?
Which format has been most effective?
Select all that apply.
Which candidate attribute is hardest to assess in interviews?
Think about a value creation hire that didn't work out. What was the primary root cause?
In one sentence: what did your process miss?
Thinking about that hire, what trait or quality did your interview process fail to evaluate? Optional.
Anything else worth sharing?
Optional. Your biggest piece of advice, a watch-out, or a tip you would give others hiring for this role.
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