our services
Every stage of the investment lifecycle.
One specialist partner.
We work with PE firms and their portfolio companies across four phases of the deal lifecycle. Each phase has distinct people opportunities and risks. Each requires a different kind of intervention. All of it is connected.
People issues are the most common source of deal failure and value erosion.
Financial due diligence finds the numbers. It does not find leadership risk, culture problems, or talent gaps. People Edge gives you structured, evidence-based intelligence and intervention across every phase of ownership.
We have services supporting every stage and need across your investment lifecycle.
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- AREAS: Assessment, Leadership Development
CEO/Founder Assessment
A rigorous, objective evaluation of the CEO or founder’s capability, style, and fit with the investment thesis. Identifies risks and development needs before close.
- AREAS: Assessment, Coaching
Team Assessment
A structured review of the leadership team’s collective capability, cohesion, and blockers to executing the value creation plan. Surfaces strengths, tensions and potential flight risks early.
- AREAS: Assessment, Leadership Development
Board Effectiveness Tuning
Reviews cadence, decision quality, and board dynamics to ensure the board is adding value rather than creating friction.
- AREAS: Coaching, Culture, Leadership Development
HIPO Acceleration
Ready-Soon Leader Development. Shows buyers a pipeline of leadership talent and reduces perceived key-person risk.
- AREAS: Assessment, Coaching, Culture, Leadership Development
Deal Room Coaching
Prepares the CEO and leadership team for investor presentations and management interviews. Builds confidence and ensures a coherent, compelling performance.
- AREAS: Coaching, Leadership Development
Culture Risk Scan
Culture is a ‘hard’ not a ‘soft’ asset for value creation. A rapid diagnostic of cultural health, alignment, and risk factors that flags issues financial due diligence will not find.
- AREAS: Assessment, Leadership Development
People Due Diligence Toolkit
A structured, holistic methodology for conducting people due diligence end to end. Produces a risk heat-map and commendations.
- AREAS: Coaching, Leadership Development
Hiring, Development and Talent Identification
Builds a repeatable approach to hiring, identifying, developing, and retaining the talent the business needs to scale.
- AREAS: Assessment, Coaching, Culture
100-Day Team Coaching Sprint
An intensive, focused coaching programme that builds team cohesion, alignment, and momentum in the critical post-deal period.
- AREAS: Assessment, Coaching, Leadership Development
1:1 Coaching
Individual coaching for the CEO or key leadership team members to accelerate their effectiveness during the transition.
- AREAS: Assessment, Leadership Development
Organisational Design and Skills Gap Analysis
Reviews the structure, roles, and capabilities needed to deliver the plan. Produces a clear picture of where the organisation needs to change.
- AREAS: Coaching, Leadership Development
Leadership Bench Strength
Assesses the breadth and depth of leadership talent across the business. Identifies who is ready to step up and who needs development.
PEOPLE EDGE ACADEMY
Raise the people skills your deal teams use every day
IQ gets investment professionals hired, development of EQ is what drives their long-term success. The Academy builds the soft skills your team uses every day: how to build trust with management, run conversations that create value, and drive a high-performance culture. The business case is straightforward: relatively minor investments with returns that compound in all activities across deals and portfolio companies.