Leadership lessons from private equity CEOs

The podcast explores the best practices of private equity-backed companies and how leaders in any sector can adopt them to achieve outsized performance. Based on research involving 300 CEOs, the discussion highlights six key practices, including full potential diligence, eliminating unprofitable revenue, and clean sheeting the labor pool. Sacha Ghai illustrates the importance of focusing on bottom-line profitability with an example of a company that increased free cash flow by 17% by removing unprofitable products. Marla Capozzi emphasizes the importance of talent and culture, noting that the best CEOs prioritize having a fit-for-purpose leadership team. The conversation also covers governance, stakeholder management, and the importance of CEOs treating their time as capital, being intentional and structured in their activities.