29Bison Ideas, Insights & Inspiration
Welcome to the 29Bison blog, your go-to source for expert insights into human capital strategies, particularly within the private equity landscape. Here, we cover topics such as due diligence, value creation, succession planning, and critical role identification, helping investors and business leaders optimize their talent strategies. Each article explores how effective human resources practices—like comprehensive HR audits and proactive succession planning—drive business success by improving employee retention, aligning corporate culture, and ensuring seamless transitions in leadership.
Whether you're preparing for an acquisition, aiming to boost organizational performance, or seeking a competitive edge through human capital management, the 29Bison blog offers essential guidance to enhance and protect the value of your investments.
Why Founder People Blind Spots Become Critical Risk
Founders don’t ignore people issues because they don’t care. They ignore them because the business...
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Why Leadership Development Is a Critical Value Lever
Leadership development isn’t an HR “nice to have.” It’s a measurable value lever that shows up in...
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How to Choose an HR Due Diligence Provider
To choose an HR due diligence provider, start with the deal decision you need to make, then pick...
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Fractional HR for Exit Readiness and Buy-and-Build
Fractional HR gives a company senior HR leadership when people issues hit value hardest: during a...
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How to Respond to Employee Complaints: A Practical Playbook
Employee complaints are not an administrative nuisance—they’re an early warning system. In the...
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How to Build a 100-Day HR Plan After an Acquisition
A 100-day HR plan after an acquisition turns HR due diligence findings into time-bound actions with...
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How to Quantify HR Liabilities in an M&A Deal
To quantify HR liabilities in an M&A deal, size each people-related exposure by its cost, its...
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Fractional HR Operating Partners: A Guide for PE Firms
A fractional HR operating partner brings the senior HR leadership required to professionalize and...
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How to Build a Mental Health Culture Leaders Trust
Mental health at work isn’t won by adding another resource to the benefits guide. It’s won—or...
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- Cultural Assessment (4)
- Culture (13)
- Culture Assessment (6)
- Due Diligence (19)
- Employee Engagement (3)
- ESG (3)
- Executive Assessment (7)
- Exit Planning (2)
- Fractional HR (25)
- Fractional HR Operating Partner (6)
- howthedealwasdone (2)
- HR Audit (13)
- HR Due Diligence (30)
- HR Integration (8)
- Human Capital Due Diligence (30)
- Human Resources Due Diligence (2)
- Leadership (18)
- Leadership Assessment (5)
- loveatwork (1)
- M&A (24)
- PEO (5)
- Podcast (7)
- Portfolio Company (15)
- Post-Transaction Integration (3)
- Private Equity (44)
- Representations and Warranties Insurance (1)
- Value Creation (28)