Case study · Talent partners

Team Theory lets a two-person talent team collaborate across 17 urgent portfolio searches.

AUM
$17B
portfolio companies
175
person talent team
2

The context

A $17B East-coast PE firm with 175 portfolio companies and a talent function of two, led by a managing director for talent.

The pain

A 175-company portfolio and a talent function of two.

Assessment reports and reference write-ups consuming most of the plate.

The outcome

Quantified in her own words: scorecards from about two hours to about fifteen minutes, roughly four hours saved per assessment, and assessment-report time cut about in half.

What changed

Scorecard builder as the entry point, including building a COO/President scorecard straight from a CEO 360.

Job descriptions at volume across CFO, CTO, CIO, CHRO and VP Finance roles.

Seventeen portfolio companies, 42 executives and 71 roles worked from two seats.

How they use it.

Assessment reports

The core of the week, at roughly half the previous time.

Scorecard from a 360

A CEO 360 goes in, a COO/President scorecard comes out.

Psychological reads

How a profile shows up in a PE operator seat.

Reference reports

Structured write-ups built from raw reference notes.

Job descriptions

CFO, CTO, CIO, CHRO, VP Finance, Head of Corp Dev.

Org diligence guides

Interview guides for diligence on an acquisition.

“Every scorecard I’ve created in the last three months has been through Team Theory. It’s gone from two hours to 15 minutes.”

— Managing Director, Talent

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