Too often, investors ignore, underestimate or postpone dealing with people. They focus on financial, commercial, and operational data and miss entirely the significance and the importance of human issues.
A company is not a collection of human resources, but a community of human beings.
People due diligence is unfortunately an exception when it should be a rule when investing. Why? Simply because if the company to be invested in has a people problem, ultimately this will have a negative financial impact.
When dealing with a target company, we help investors identify the gap between the skills the leadership team needs to flawlessly execute the strategy and the skills and competencies they actually have. The goal is to empower the right people and give them the means to successfully lead the company to the next phase.
Do investors assess leadership teams? Of course, they do!
