21 May

How to Get Hired at a Private Equity-Owned Company

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Working for a private equity-backed business isn’t for everybody. According to Bob Ryan, a partner at Shields Meneley Partners, only 1 in 5 professionals he works with in his firm’s executive transition program is a fit for a leadership role at a PE portfolio company.

In this episode of the podcast, Ryan and Keith Goudy, the managing partner at Vantage Leadership Consulting, discuss what it takes to thrive at a PE-owned company, how compensation is changing, and the strategies companies are using to attract talented leaders and employees alike.

Podcast:
https://soundcloud.com/middle-market-growth/how-to-get-hired-at-a-pe-backed-company

Link(s) to Article:
https://boardmember.com/look-before-you-leap-in-deciding-to-join-a-board/

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07 May

Gail Meneley Cited As Leadership About the Changing Roles of the Controller by The Wall Street Journal

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The role of the CFO is experiencing an unprecedented amount of change in today’s evolving corporate landscape and as a result that is impacting responsibilities of the controller. CFO Journal turned to Gail Meneley for her as the expert on C-Suite trends.

Link(s) to Article:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/corporate-controllers-step-into-the-spotlight-as-cfo-roleevolves-11550682000

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30 Apr

Hugh Shields Writes About Peak M&A for CEO Today Magazine

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Shields Meneley Partners is known for having its hands on the pulse of leadership trends when it comes to deal-making. Hugh Shields wrote an excellent piece for CEO Today about how managers need to adjust oversight now that M&A has peaked after a furious few years.

Link(s) to Article:

https://www.ceotodaymagazine.com/2019/02/peak-ma-has-passed-leaders-must-adjust-but-how/

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23 Apr

The Wall Street Journal Turns to Gail Meneley For Insight About CFOs Transitioning to CEOs

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Shields Meneley Partners’ co-founder and principal Gail Meneley provided her insight into what it takes for chief financial officers to make the leap to the chief executive officer role. Considering the firm’s expertise working with C-Suite executives in career transition, editors from The Wall Street Journal naturally thought to reach out to Gail.

Link(s) to Article:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/intels-new-ceo-advances-from-cfo-spot-a-second-time-11548984309

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16 Apr

Training Magazine Publishes Hugh Shields’ Guest Piece about Changing Corporate Culture Quickly

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Well-known publication Training Magazine was delighted to run Hugh Shields’ byline about the realities today’s C-Suite and leadership face in successfully executing rapid culture change. “In order to improve a company’s culture, today’s leaders need to understand it is not just about operational excellence and creating more efficiencies. Rather, successful culture turnarounds are executed when CEOs instill a sense of trust; a clear, actionable strategy; and hope,” he writes.

Link(s) to Article:

https://trainingmag.com/changing-culture-quickly-key-so-being-realistic/

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09 Apr

Hugh Shields Tells CEO Today About the Traits Required for Private Equity Leadership

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Managing a private equity portfolio company today requires an entirely new set of management skills from previous generations. The workforce has changed and so have the management skills for this increasingly powerful asset class. Hugh Shields’ must-read guest article for CEO Today sheds light on this changing leadership landscape.

Link(s) to Article:

https://www.ceotodaymagazine.com/2019/01/7-keys-to-ceo-success-at-a-private-equity-firm/

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02 Apr

Training Magazine Turns to Gail Meneley About How Leaders Can Recover From a Bad Hiring Decision

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In the face of such a tight labor market, today’s leadership needs to be able to quickly install employees in key positions. As a result, it is not surprising to see mistakes happen. The good new for today’s management is there are critical steps that should be taken to correct the situation, as Shields Meneley Partners’ co-founder Gail Meneley writes.

Link(s) to Article:

https://trainingmag.com/buyer%E2%80%99s-remorse-hire-steps-business-leaders-need-take-recover//

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26 Mar

Gail Meneley Writes About Work-Life Balance for Chief Executive Magazine

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Leadership continues to change dramatically in today’s business landscape with small, but important, steps showing today’s C-Suite inching closer to a more perfect balance between professional lives and personal lives. Gail Meneley wrote an article for Chief Executive magazine detailing the emerging management trend.

Link(s) to Article:

https://chiefexecutive.net/work-life-balance-myth-closer-think/

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19 Mar

Bob Ryan Discusses How Today’s Workforce Needs to Facilitate Accelerated Leadership Transitions

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HR People + Strategy, SHRM’s prestigious newsletter published an article that featured extensive interviews with a partner from our firm. Bob Ryan, principal, shared his expertise in how management needs to accommodate for a faster ascension to leadership for a younger executive cohort.

Link(s) to Article:

https://blog.hrps.org/blogpost/How-to-Facilitate-Accelerated-Leadership-Transitions

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