“Tell me about your clients… What motivates them?”  a curious CEO asked me the other day. While all Barrett Group clients are unique their circumstances may not be.  Here’s what prospects tell us about their motivation… Some are motivated by fear of becoming unemployed, of reaching an income ceiling. Also of their working conditions changing, or of being bullied at work. Others are driven by am…

The Barrett Group’s VP of Marketing, Marion Engelke, interviews Peter Irish, CEO of The Barrett Group and Tomasz Lisewski, Managing Director of The Barrett Group Europe on the Executive Market in 2022 and 2023. Hello. I am Marion Engelke, vice president at the Barrett Group and I would like to welcome you to this year’s review of the market for executives. Where has the market been? Where …

Industry Update: Information Technology Researching this particular update, we were filled alternately with wonder and dread. That may be simply how it feels to be facing the opportunities and challenges in the information technology field. Especially, facing these challenges on the cusp of 2023. Why wonder? Technology offers so many wonderful chances to improve the human condition—health, we…

Predicting Your Future (and Improving Your Chances) It may be true that few (if any) people can truly see the future, however, some outlines are relatively clear—and they all have consequences. One reason the future may appear cloudy is the turbulent macroeconomic situation. There is inflation, post-pandemic supply chain disruptions, rising interest rates, and potential recession on the horiz…

Introduction: Health Care As much as we might all prefer to see Covid-19 in the rearview mirror, it is not yet behind us. Coupled with increased infection rates from flu, the winter of 2022/23 will probably see resurgent strain on health care providers as they struggle to manage a lack of trained personnel, confusing health directives from public authorities, anti vax rhetoric on social media,…

Hundreds of Happy Executives (Despite Unprecedented Upheaval) Anyone who reads or listens to the news knows how turbulent this year has been. But if you look at how our clients are landing, it simply goes to prove that there is always movement in the executive market—regardless of macroeconomic circumstances (if you know where to look). Take the continuous progress our clients have achieved i…

Because Private Equity money is ill-understood outside the industry, we have dedicated three articles to the topic. Explaining the fundamentals of Private Equity (PE) (Read Dry Powder), Recounting who is who in the industry with particular focus on the underlying portfolio companies (where the true executive opportunities lie; Read Who’s Who), and Sharing how our clients have landed in …

Private Money in Your Future – Part 3 (Life After Landing) Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) are not immune to macroeconomics. Fundraising has indeed declined in 2022, however, PE & VC are incredibly resilient. “Higher rates have finally breached the engine room of the PE dealmaking machine—the leveraged buyout,” writes Tim Clarke at PitchBook in their October 22, 2022 newslett…

Introduction: Dry Powder and a few Questions about Private Equity and Venture Capital The last two years have been extremely strong in terms of fundraising for PE and VC firms. One measure had them sitting on as much as $1.4 trillion in fresh capital (dry powder) as of mid-year 2022 (See source.), funds they will need to deploy in the near term, either by take-privates of public companies, or …

Frankly, not everyone can work for the biggest players in the PE/VC industry, nor is that particularly advantageous career-wise, however, let us get our bearings by looking at three different ways of ranking the top companies in this field before we look under the hood: 1) funds raised, 2) assets under management, and 3) executives employed. Private Equity International publishes a helpful PEI…