Private equity is reshaping professional services. Firms buy Partner talent to drive growth, but purchasing alone falls short. Here is how to close the gap.

Why resilience—not just experience—is the key trait professional services firms are looking for in executives to lead through disruption and rapid change.

For decades, professional services firms have followed the traditional leverage model to deliver work and maximize profitability. The few Partners at the top sell the work and manage client relationships while teams of junior analysts carry out the day-to-day tasks. And it's worked. But it's not the 1960s anymore.

Culture fit is critical when making lateral hires, but there’s a more important indicator of success for an executive placement. We call it Quantitative System Dynamics.