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.
How to Scale HR During Rapid Growth
To scale HR during rapid growth, build a small set of repeatable people systems before complexity...How to Build a Collaborative Culture That Scales
Collaboration is one of the most overclaimed capabilities in business. Leaders can point to...How to Use the 9-Box Grid as a Talent Strategy Playbook
The 9-box grid is everywhere in talent reviews—and for good reason. It gives leaders a shared...How to Switch PEOs Without Disrupting Payroll or Benefits
To switch PEOs without disrupting payroll or benefits, treat the move as a business transition, not...Critical HR Strategies for Today’s Changing Workplace
HR isn’t struggling because leaders lack good intentions. It’s struggling because the rules...Pre-Exit HR Checklist: Get Your People Diligence-Ready
Getting your people diligence-ready before a sale comes down to four things: reduce key-person...2026 HR Compliance Checklist for US Employers
A 2026 HR compliance checklist for US employers should cover a few core areas: clear ownership of...HR Decisions First-Time Founders Should Make Early
The HR decisions first-time founders should make early are role clarity and decision rights, a...Why Self-Leadership Is the Critical Executive Skill
The higher a leader rises, the less the job looks like “doing” and the more it becomes “deciding.”...Topics
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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)
