Shopping is potentially the area of human behavior that has been most widely changed by digital technology. Today’s shopper expects their experience to be invisibly shaped around them,tat any time, at their fingertips. More>

The Critical Link to Value Creation More>

Determining your company’s readiness for disruption can help you break down barriers to adopting new technologies that are essential for Industry 4.0 More>

Lisa Walker, Managing Partner of DHR International's Global Industrial Practice discusses how the industrial sector is evolving and the impact it’s having on traditional business models. More>

Leadership is the new bottom line for private equity operating executives seeking top talent for their portfolio businesses. Here's why. More>

Market Access (MA) is the process that ensures all appropriate patients who would benefit get rapid and maintained access to (new) products at the right price. Qualified people, who can successfully take on an MA leadership role, are in high demand and there continues to be a shortage of talent. More>

Few would argue against the vital importance of a robust business strategy in establishing direction and planning growth for a company. Strategy, however, represents only half the formula for corporate success. Without a forward-looking human resources plan, a subset of the business strategy designed to maintain and engage the people required to execute the strategy at every level, even the best strategy is of little use. More>

Some consider the skill set of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to be more “portable” from industry to industry or business model to business model than other senior level members of the executive team. Based on the experience of our clients in the Private Equity Practice, the core financial acumen and analytical competencies of an effective CFO can be appropriately applied in different industry or business settings; however, their success will depend on a multitude of situational factors. Is the CFO who successfully partnered with the CEO to grow a company and related infrastructure from $25 million to $100 million qualified to do the same in a company growing from $250 million to $1 billion? Perhaps not. Stage and proof points from prior experience matter. More>

The ideal profile of a CEO in a private equity sponsored company is situational – highly dependent on the investment thesis for a particular entity. More>