Traditional hiring practices are falling short in high-growth environments. A shift to context-driven, tailored assessment tools is helping Boards and CEOs identify leaders who thrive under real pressure. It’s not about culture fit anymore - it’s about leadership fit for now.
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The End From Which We Start: Our MissionTogether with our founding team, I’m incredibly excited to announce the formal launch of Excelerator Partners. At the end, we will judge our success by the opportunity and value we have helped others create. At the start - today, I’d simply like to tell you about our mission, and introduce our amazing team of experts.
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Why I joined Excelerator PartnersI’m incredibly excited to join Suzy Rowley and Sam Smith as part of the founding team at Excelerator Partners. It’s no secret that I’m incredibly passionate about supporting scale-ups, entrepreneurs, and incredible portfolio talent. Now I get to coalesce these passions alongside the opportunity to also become an entrepreneur, embarking on our own scale-up journey.
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Sam Smith joins Excelerator Partners as Strategic AdviserJoining Excelerator Partners enables me to work with a fantastic team and really make a difference in things that are incredibly important to me – championing entrepreneurs, advising and supporting the UK scale-up ecosystem, and unlocking more opportunities for incredibly diverse talent in our boardrooms.
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Diversity of Thought for Sustainable Growth: A Strategic Imperative for Scaling BusinessesDrawing from experience and research, we'll delve into the evolving needs of the boardroom, how diversity should adapt to the business's growth cycle, and introduce innovative and sustainable solutions to access diverse talent.
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Attributes of a Great Leader in a Scaling BusinessDrawing on Sam Smith’s (ex finnCap Founder & CEO) extensive knowledge of successfully scaling businesses, we asked her to identify and champion the attributes of a successful leader in this space.
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Portfolio Careers: Unlocking Fulfilment and ImpactPortfolio careers are revolutionising the world of work, offering leadership talent a different pathway to personal fulfilment, and making high-impact contributions to business. This is the first in a series of articles about portfolio careers designed to spark curiosity about the concept and leave you with questions that we will continue to answer.
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