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Private Equity CEO Communication Plan: The First 180 Days
by: Brian WrightPublished on: 05/07/2026A new CEO inherits a strategy, finance, and HR owner, but no message owner. The communication plan a private equity-backed CEO needs across the first 180 days.
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Communicating Strategy to Employees: The Private Equity CEO's Blind Spot
by: Brian WrightPublished on: 15/06/2026Your value-creation plan stalls when strategy doesn't translate through every layer. Here's why transmission is execution work, and who has to own it.
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