Category: Culture

Why Accountability in Leadership Will Be Critical in 2023

As we welcome 2023, business leaders everywhere are evaluating organizational objectives and setting goals for the next 12 months. At private equity firms, this exercise

January 14, 2023

CFO Profiles in PE-Backed Environments

The CFO role has evolved significantly over time, which adds to the challenge of finding finance executives whose knowledge, skills, experience, and disposition fit your

December 13, 2022

Focus Search Partners team members talking over coffee

How to Build Relationships When Things Don’t Initially Go as Planned

In private equity, relationships are everywhere: limited partners-to-general partners, boards-to-C-suite- executives, company-leaders-to-employees, colleagues-to-colleagues, and companies-to-external-partners, such as banks, audit firms, technology providers, and, yes, executive

December 8, 2022

5 Steps to Inclusive Leadership that Unlock the Power of DEI

Corporate fads come and go. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) is different. Unlike the open-office craze of the mid-2000s, COVID-19 further proved DEI’s universal and

October 5, 2022

Culture Add: The Soft Skill that Can Make or Break a Successful Placement

No matter the reason for an employee departure and subsequent job opening, the hiring process presents an opportunity to create a fresh start and future

March 2, 2022

Be HER(d): Life and Career Advice from a Female Board Member and Former CFO

Be HER(d), hosted on LinkedIn Live by Vaco, Focus Search Partners’ parent company, is a discussion series highlighting inspirational women in leadership roles. A recent

February 28, 2022

A Better Way to Network for C-Suiters (And Everyone Else)

By Monica Foster, Managing Director Networking is rarely easy, even for the most outgoing or successful among us, but it’s always worth the effort. Unfortunately,

January 6, 2022

Are You Prepared for a CFO Departure as Part of the Great Resignation?

By Monica Foster, Managing Director Over the last 18 to 20 months, CEOs have relied more heavily than usual on their CFOs to manage the

December 15, 2021

Is In-Person Networking Poised for a Comeback?

When COVID-19 hit in early 2020, the business community made an extraordinarily quick—and previously unimaginable—pivot to virtual environments. While getting together with teammates and customers

November 12, 2021

How the CFO can be a key resource in recruiting and hiring

The Role of the CFO in Recruiting and Hiring

By Monica Foster The role of the CFO has been gradually changing over time. The modern CFO is no longer just a number-crunching, spreadsheet-focused financial

September 20, 2021