- Senior leadership team dynamics
- Effectiveness evaluation
- Strategic capability and potential to deliver value creation plan
Management team & individual assessment for investor-backed businesses
Leadership assessment
Select, develop & retain the right leadership to maximise your investment returns
The right leadership has never mattered more. Leadership issues drive approximately 50% of deal underperformance. From failing to maximise value to delayed execution, poor leadership directly impacts returns.
Supporting 30+
investment firms
Rigorous & bespoke analysis of leadership
Laidlaw Associates provides objective, data-driven assessment of both individual leaders and management teams to help investors get the right leadership, in the right place at the right time.
From due diligence through to exit
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Management team assessment
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Individual assessment for selection
- C-suite and senior leadership evaluation
- Risk minimisation and alignment
- Comprehensive capability analysis
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Individual assessment for development & succession planning
- Future leader identification
- Talent pipeline development
- Performance optimisation
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Executive & management team referencing
- Independent verification
- Deep capability insights
- Cultural fit analysis
The Laidlaw framework
Data-driven leadership assessment
Developed through years of private equity experience, our framework defines the leadership attributes essential for success in investor-backed businesses. We assess executives against these, recognising that different C-suite roles require distinct capabilities, whilst ensuring alignment with your value creation plan.
Working with 30+
PE firms globally
Senior executive
assessments completed
Supporting investments from
£10M to £750M+
“In my 25 years in PE the competition for talent – both for us and for our portfolio companies – has never been tougher, and rarely has it mattered more.
Laidlaw Associates understands us, and the challenges facing management teams through an investment. Their data-led dispassionate assessments mean we now make much better decisions on people. The ROI is exceptional.”
PartnerMid-Cap PE Fund
Proven track record, real results
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