1、Leadership Under Pressure:Aligning Growth and EfficiencyTenth Annual PE Leadership SurveyPRIVATE EQUITYKEY FINDING#1:PE Firms and Portcos Have the Same GoalsBut Disagree About How Well They Are Doing 4KEY FINDING#2:Different Means to the Same End:Where PE and Portco Leaders Diverge 6KEY FINDING#3:PE

2、 Ownership Creates a Pressure Cooker for Leaders 9KEY FINDING#4:PE Firms and Portcos Can Do More to Support the Work of Leadership 12KEY FINDING#5:Human Capital Partners and Chief Human Resources Officers Play Critical Roles in Improving Portco Performance 19A CALL TO ACTION for PE and Portco Leader

3、s 22Title2A quick look at the main insights in this years PE LEADERSHIP SURVEY In the pages that follow,we look more deeply into this years survey findings,exploring the biggest challenges confronting PE and portco leaders,and what leading firms and practitioners are doing to address them.Tenth Annu

4、al PE Leadership Survey3This is the 10th year AlixPartners has published a research report on leadership focused on private equity(PE)firms and their portfolio companies(portcos).The first of these reports focused on CEO succession by identifying the usual practicesand the best practicesin finding a

5、nd developing the next generation of top executives.Since then,the study has broadened to include topics like culture,adaptation to disruption,and leadership strategies for the first 100 days.As a result of these trends,PE executives have consistently said leadership effectiveness has become the mos

6、t important lever for creating value in their portfolios.Through the course of time,we have become increasingly drawn to the dynamics of the relationship between PE firm leadersdeal partners,operating partners,and human capital partnersand portco executive teams.We have become convinced that there a