Leadership is the value creation lever nobody measures


Leadership is the value creation lever nobody measures


I help boards and executive teams in PE-backed and investor-owned companies turn leadership capacity into something that is tracked, developed, and visible in performance.


Private equity prices financial engineering well. Leadership, not yet.

Private equity prices financial engineering well. Leadership, not yet.

Every value creation plan has a line about leadership. It is usually the least developed part of the plan, because you cannot put a more resilient management team on a 100-day dashboard the way you can put EBITDA.

So it waits. And by the time a leadership gap becomes visible, it has usually cost a quarter or two of execution speed.

Leadership capacity can be measured, developed, and followed over time. It just needs the right instruments and a shared language between the fund and the company.

From assessment to behavior change

Step 1: Understand the leader

Step 1: Understand the leader

Step 1: Understand the leader


Hogan assessments show how a leader’s reputation, core values, and blind spots shape the way they are experienced, especially under pressure.

Step 2: Change the behavior

Step 2: Change the behavior

Step 2: Change the behavior


The Leadership Circle Profile and the Leadership System turn those insights into specific, observable leadership behaviors, measured through 360-degree feedback and developed over time.

Built for the people who own the plan and the people who execute it

For funds and operating partners

For funds and operating partners

For funds and operating partners

A leadership view of your portfolio companies that goes beyond gut feeling. A shared language between the fund and management, and a structured way to develop the leaders your plan depends on.

For portfolio company leadership teams

For portfolio company leadership teams

For portfolio company leadership teams

Honest, data-based feedback on how you lead, and a concrete development path that fits the pace of an ownership cycle. No generic programmes.

Representative engagements

Leadership Circle Profile programme across the senior leadership team of a PE-backed medtech company, including 1:1 feedback sessions and development planning.

Team effectiveness workshop (Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team) for the leadership group of a PE-owned company.

Ongoing 1:1 executive coaching in a PE-owned company group.


Client names are withheld out of respect for confidentiality.


Tonny Larsen

25+ years in leadership development, the last several mostly inside PE-owned companies, where the timeline is compressed and development work has to show up in performance.

If your plan depends on leadership,
let’s talk

A first conversation costs nothing and usually clarifies where leadership is helping or holding back your plan.

The Leadership Lever · Tonny Larsen · Hillerød, Denmark · tonny.larsen@qleap.dk · LinkedIn

The Leadership Lever · Tonny Larsen · Hillerød, Denmark · tonny.larsen@qleap.dk · LinkedIn