Life As Leadership

Download a year’s worth of https://www.leadershipactionlist.com/ (weekly action steps to improve your leadership) for FREE!   Kelley Powell is CEO and partner of MacLaurin Group, a company providing technology operating partner services to portfolios of private equity companies. Supporting companies in growth and merger and acquisition activities, Kelley brings a unique experience from founder-led organization to multiple private equity-led cycles. Kelley is an avid mentor, angel investor, and chairwoman for the da Vinci Center for Innovation Angels Advisory Board at VCU. She’s also a board member of the Richmond chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth. Her new book is Courage to Lose Sight of Shore: How to Partner with Private Equity to Grow Your Business with Confidence.   LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS Think about a “reverse due diligence”—a look at your business from an outside perspective. Value alignment is unbelievably important. If you do not have this with those you partner with, it can be gut