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.
Fractional HR
What Is Fractional HR? How It Works and When to Use It
Fractional HR is senior HR leadership you engage part time, at the level your business needs right...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...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...How to Respond to Employee Complaints: A Practical Playbook
Employee complaints are not an administrative nuisance—they’re an early warning system. In the...Fractional HR Operating Partners: A Guide for PE Firms
A fractional HR operating partner brings the senior HR leadership required to professionalize and...Why Even Small Companies Need HR Under 20 Employees
Founders often treat HR as something you “buy” later—after the first big revenue milestone or the...Proven Fractional HR Contractor Incentives That Deliver Results
Labor markets are tight, project timelines are unforgiving, and customers expect flawless...Why Mid-Market HCM Breaks at Scale—and How to Fix It
Growth rarely breaks an HCM platform in one dramatic moment. It breaks it the way operational risk...Powerful Fractional HR Guide: Key Pros and Cons of a PEO
PEOs can be a smart lever for growing companies—and a costly detour for others. When leaders...Topics
- Benefits (2)
- 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)
