A Private Equity Stance on Talent

August 7 - Business Week - There are lessons to be learned from how a private equity venture views talent acquisition. While the trend now in private equity is to take companies private, the traditional long-term (three-year) goal is to have a company re-emerge as a new, stronger, more-efficient public entity.

That means moving quickly in all aspects of the business, especially talent assessment and recruitment. Too often, though, companies that aren't playing the mergers-and-acquisition equity game manage their recruitment process with an incremental approach. They might do better to employ a mind-set similar to that of a private equity venture, and move faster and think bigger. Read More.