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Are You Ready To Work For Private Equity?

Posted by Jeff Gundersen on March 11th, 2013 at 12:35 pm

As an executive search firm with a specialization in digital marketing, we obtain 20%+ of our assignments through introductions by private equity firms to their portfolio companies needing a CEO, CMO, CRO, CFO or other C-level positions. We are always looking for candidates who meet the needs of our clients and in particular, PE firms.
What personal characteristics do we look for when hiring for Private Equity?
How can you assess if you have the “chops” to work for private equity? Is your personal brand a match for private equity? What can you expect and what is expected once you are hired, in terms of the operational differences, compared to working for a large, publicly owned company?
If you are considering a career opportunity in a private equity financed business, then check out the top 5 qualities and characteristics to better understand if you really are ready, willing and able. 

1. PE firms want to work with entrepreneurs.
Private equity firms have been started by investment bankers, successful corporate executives and entrepreneurs with a proven track record of building wealth by risking capital and building businesses entrepreneurially. In selecting a CEO, COO, or other C-level executive, private equity firms want to see proven... Read more

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Build Endurance for Maximum Performance

Posted by Jeff Gundersen on March 7th, 2013 at 4:04 pm

by Jeff Gundersen, CEO - Executive Connections LLC
When we hear the word endurance, we usually relate it to the performance, stamina and the resilience of an athlete. As leaders and emerging leaders, we suggest you “hear” the word and take the same definition, but add the elements of bravery, prevail, and persistence.
Particularly in these challenging economic times, we need to create athlete-like minds AND bodies to sustain performance in the pace of the current marketplace, to be great role models, and to create outstanding results in every area of our lives!
Endurance is Crucial not Optional
Where does your brand need to ramp up it’s endurance? Is it the challenges of your company, role or business sector? Is it the balancing of work and home responsibilities? Or perhaps it is the uncertainty of your brand not getting the traction it needs. What do you need to do to strengthen and flex your endurance muscles? What can you eliminate or change immediately to increase endurance both personally and professionally?
What relevance does building physical endurance have to your performance in business? In our experience as senior-level talent acquisition and personal branding specialists, endurance is crucial and not optional. We all know and have seen too... Read more

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Twitter Vs. Facebook: Which Offers More Company Perks?

Posted by Drew Hendricks on February 28th, 2013 at 9:33 am

We all have Twitter and Facebook accounts. For the millions of daily users, social networking sites are a big part of their lives. But what is it like to work for these companies? Along with dealing with users who are upset about layout changes and fixing the site when it gets to be over capacity, the employees at social media companies receive great benefits and enjoy a fun, positive workplace.
It's no secret that there are many perks offered by companies like Twitter and Facebook. They're generally fun places to work and treat their employees well. Again and again, these companies are top rated employers on reports done by organizations like Glassdoor.
- Perks offered at Facebook: There are many benefits to working at Facebook, a company known for their paid vacation time, free food and transportation for employees, dry cleaning, day care reimbursement, and even photo processing. All of these perks and more make Facebook one of the highest ranking employers around today.
- Perks offered at Twitter: Twitter also boasts a range of benefits for their employees, like medical and dentist care, lots of vacation time, paid maternity and paternity leave, free food provided at their San Francisco location, in-office yoga... Read more

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9 shocking and hysterical ways these execs got fired

Posted by David Zaleski on February 26th, 2013 at 11:50 pm

You won't believe the ways these company executives got fired.
If you're an executive, you've probably spent a healthy amount of time worrying about losing your job. Here are some people who got the surprise boot for the most ridiculous, offensive, and outrageous reasons you'll ever hear.
Don't be one of them.
9. Fired mistaking Ash Wednesday cross for a smudge
On Wednesday, February 25, Mike Murray came into work as usual at the New York Palace Hotel, sporting this familiar religious symbol on his forehead.

Delightful.
Yep, that particular Wednesday was Ash Wednesday. A day when Catholics wear the symbolic ash cross as a reminder of their own mortality.
But then...
Bum Bum Buuumm!
In walked old man Niklaus Leuenberger.

Leuenberger had apparently recently realized that he was a boring old man, and it seemed the 13-year-old boy inside of him wasn't too happy about it. Leuenberger also just happened to be Murray's boss.
Upon seeing the ash on Murray's youthful forehead, he shouted, "Wipe that f***g s**t off your face!"
Did I mention the New York Palace Hotel leases its land from the Catholic Church?
Yeah.
Eight days later, the CEO himself very publicly fired Leuenberger. Leuenberger uses his now copious free time to get more familiar with the Bible.
8. Fired for slapping a baby
OK,... Read more

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What Is The Value of Your Personal Brand?

Posted by Jeff Gundersen on February 19th, 2013 at 6:20 pm

What Is The Value of Your Personal Brand?
By - Jeff Gundersen, CEO Executive Connections LLC
We are approaching the time of year when annual bonuses (both short-term cash incentives and long-term options/restricted stock) are being paid out and the incomes of CEOs and senior officers in public companies are disclosed. It’s the perfect time to ask yourself, “What’s the value of my personal brand and how beneficial is my current company (and industry sector) as a vehicle to increasing my brand value over time?
Use Brand Consultancy Models As A Guide
Interbrand, the branding consultancy owned by Omnicom Group, publishes an annual study of the Best 100 Global Brands including the value of each brand. In 2012, once again Coca-Cola (#1) was the top global brand, closely edging out Apple (#2), IBM (#3), Google (#4) and Microsoft (#5). Interestingly, 4 of the top 5 most valuable corporate brands are in the technology sector and this coincides with CEOs of technology companies achieving some of the highest levels of compensation primarily based upon the value of long-term incentives (i.e., stock) tied to the rapid growth in market capitalization of many technology companies. While Facebook shareholders may not be faring so well in the early... Read more

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