NextArc Solutions for the Talent-Driven Economy
NextArc takes a business-first approach to talent selection and deployment, developing effective leaders, cooperative teams, and dynamic organizational cultures that accelerate strategy execution.
Our work has taken many forms including business strategy development or refinement, leader, team and culture development, M&A culture integration, organizational design, and pivotal role identification, selection and development.
Our clients - nearly all of whom are C-suite executives, private capital Managing Directors, or coaches for elite athletic programs - engage us to create operating environments where innovation, collaboration, and sustained success are not mere aspirations, but everyday realities. ​
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The following engagement thumbnail descriptions are emblematic of the work we do.
Private Capital Portfolio Company -Growth Acceleration Coaching for Founding CEO
In a transformative executive coaching engagement, the founding CEO of a high-potential private equity portfolio company embarked on a leadership development journey to sharpen his strategic and interpersonal skills to accelerate platform development and accelerate growth. NextArc coaching, tailored to address specific challenges and growth areas, facilitated the enhancement of his decision-making, team engagement, operational, and investor relations interface skills. Through real-issue discussion sessions, NextArc developed and implemented a targeted leader development plan which fostered a culture of performance, innovation, and accountability within the company.
As a result, the company achieved solid 40%, year-on-year EBTDA growth, substantially improved team cohesion and morale, solidified investor trust, and positioned itself for the next equity event.
Private Equity Firm Leadership Transition
As the four Founding Partners of a very successful private equity firm contemplated their legacy of the firm they founded, NextArc meticulously crafted a two-year, strategic consulting intervention to guide the firm through its leadership transition, ensuring ongoing success. Through a blend of succession planning, incentive adjustments, targeted leadership development, and culture shaping initiatives, NextArc experts effectively guided the passing of the torch to the next generation of leadership.
NextArc consultants closely collaborated with the sitting leadership team to understand nuanced operational intricacies, the economics at stake, and develop an effective plan to install new leadership over time. An inclusive approach was taken, incorporating perspectives from various organizational levels to shape a leadership ethos that was both progressive and rooted in the firm's foundational principles. The endeavor, based upon analytic and empathetic methodologies, not only substituted, but evolved leadership, aligning it with the dynamic global investment landscape, thereby preserving legacy while infusing innovation and agility.
Global Distribution Company - Pivotal Role Succession Coaching
NextArc facilitated an accelerated leadership development engagement for a premier U.S. national distribution company. The successor required skill-specific preparation to ascend into this "mission critical" role. NextArc designed and implemented a role-specific intervention, integrating two weekend immersive experiences, strategic mentoring, and practical leadership challenges, which expanded the successor's cross-business influence skills and strategic vision.
The engagement fostered alignment of the executive leader's substantial, but unrealized, capability with the company's transformational needs. Our partnership helped facilitate a seamless transition, securing the company’s future in a critical business function.
Midsize Asset Management Company - Integration & Growth Acceleration
A financial services company, which was a product of four merged firms, was responsible for delivering highly customized asset management strategies and solutions to customers across the world.
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The client was concerned about succession and organizational readiness to thrive in the future due to rapid growth, lingering post-merger conflicts with culture and operating models, increasing operating complexity caused by doubling in size and founders who intended to retire and/or move out of the day-to-day operations. A NextArc team was engaged by the client to design and execute a talent strategy including organizational and succession roadmaps, leader development, organizational design, and culture formation/integration, leading to full integration and a more harmonious operating environment.
