THE CRUCIBLE

The Crucible, a leadership optimization research tool, quantifies these, and other critical behaviors, to help Boards and executives maximize the potential of each investment thesis... Today, The Crucible is utilized by several leading private equity firms to help strengthen and improve their operating and portfolio company teams. These clients leverage pinpoint insights into how an individual is likely to perform under the weight of a PE-backed mandate, and how that individual's profile fits their specific governance model... The Crucible is comprised of an intellectual component, a work styles analysis, and a behavioral component. Based on the results, The Crucible offers insights into how candidates' profiles translate into a private equity environment - individually, as a team, and for a specific fund.