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May 2026

Six Triggers that Make Operating Model Redesign Urgent

Most leadership teams know when their organization has stopped working — decisions slow, execution falters, and a handful of leaders become bottlenecks for everything that matters. Find out the six triggers that signal your operating model redesign can't wait any longer.

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Organization Design for Growth: How to Build the Operating Model Your Next Stage Requires

A growth strategy matched to an organization that wasn't built to execute it will stall. Here's how to design the operating model for where you're going, not where you are.

Apr 2026

Five Questions with Amy Kates

In this Q&A, organization design expert Amy Kates shares her view that while AI and external disruption are rapidly reshaping businesses, the uniquely human work of leaders — making strategic trade-offs, creating shared meaning, and guiding organizations through change — remains irreplaceable.

Apr 2026

M&A Integration Fails When Operating Model Design Comes Last | MannPartners

70–75% of acquisitions fail to achieve their objectives. The root cause is rarely strategy — it's operating model design that comes too late. Learn how organization design assessment prevents integration failure.

Apr 2026

Exit Valuation Is an Organization Design Problem

Sophisticated buyers conduct organization design diligence — and what they find either supports the multiple being asked or discounts it. Learn how operating model design is the underutilized exit lever.

Apr 2026

Mann Partners Appoints Todd Christian as Partner

Mann Partners has named Todd Christian as Partner — a transformation leader with over 30 years of experience guiding enterprise-wide change across more than 35 organizations. Read on to learn what his arrival means for the firm and why this appointment signals a pivotal new chapter in Mann Partners' growth.

Mar 2026

Five Key Themes that Emerged at the PEI Operating Partners Human Capital Forum 2026

The PEI Operating Partners Human Capital Forum 2026 made one thing clear: human capital is no longer a soft metric — it's a core value driver capable of adding or subtracting multiple turns of EBITDA. Read on for the five themes that are reshaping how the smartest PE firms think about operating models, AI, leadership, and integration.

Mar 2026

Organization Design Due Diligence: What PE Deal Teams Miss Before Close

The question isn't whether to assess the organization. It's whether to do it before signing, when findings inform deal structure and valuation, or after close, when you're already committed.

Mar 2026

Firing the CEO is the wrong answer, ask Sean McDermott

Firing the CEO — like firing the head coach — looks decisive, but it rarely fixes the real problem. Find out why the system around the leader matters just as much as the leader themselves, and what boards and leadership teams are missing when they go straight for the top.

Feb 2026

Meet the Mann Partners Advisory Board

Mann Partners has appointed four industry heavyweights to its newly formed Advisory Board, bringing together decades of expertise spanning private equity, organization design, and management consulting. Meet the leaders shaping the firm's next chapter and find out what their appointment signals about where Mann Partners is headed.

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