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Talent and Value Creation: The CEO’s Executive Team Decisions
In Part 2 of this Tailored Talent conversation, Bespoke Partners CEO Eric Walczykowski continues his discussion with Patrick Dennis, CEO of Avaya, former CEO of Venafi, shifting to the executive team decisions that determine whether a value creation plan actually gets executed.
The CEO’s Private Equity Playbook: Leading a Sponsor-Backed Company
In Part 1 of this Tailored Talent conversation, Bespoke Partners CEO Eric Walczykowski sits down with Patrick Dennis, CEO of Avaya, former CEO of Venafi and a multi-exit software operator, to talk through how he approaches a new PE-backed role from the moment he says yes.
How CEOs Are Thinking About Their Next Act
What makes a CEO say yes today—and what makes them walk away? CEO Eric Walczykowski joins Katherine Baker, Co-Lead of Bespoke Partners’ CEO, Board, and P&L Practice, to explore how elite CEOs are thinking about timing, market conditions, compensation, and equity through the lens of both professional ambition and personal life stage.
The New Math: The $1 billion Leadership Decision in Private Equity
In Part 2 of our year-in-review series, Eric Walczykowski, CEO of Bespoke Partners, is joined again by Adam Boone, Chief Commercial Officer, to move from reflection to results.
2025 in Review: Leadership, Speed, and Value Creation in PE
In this year-end discussion, Eric Walczykowski, CEO of Bespoke Partners, is joined by Adam Boone, Chief Commercial Officer, to reflect on what 2025 revealed about the executive talent market.
The Power of Partnership: Building Consistency Across the PE Ecosystem
In this episode of Tailored Talent, CEO Eric Walczykowski sits down with Matt Sommi, Head of Private Equity Partnerships at Bespoke Partners, to discuss how his team creates alignment and continuity across multiple funds.
Inside Bespoke Partners’ Executive Index: How AI is Transforming Search
What happens when data science meets the art of executive search? In this episode of Tailored Talent, Bespoke Partners CEO Eric Walczykowski sits down with Bruno Kern, Research Operations Manager and Executive Index evangelist, to discuss how artificial intelligence is reshaping the fundamentals of research, recruiting, and client delivery.
Following the Founder: Leading with Head and Heart, featuring ETJ Life
Eric Walczykowski sits down with Ryan Tognazzini, Partner at ETJ Life, to explore the art and challenge of succeeding a founder as CEO.
PE’s Road to Reset: Rate Cut, Exits Reopening, Talent Market Impact Part II
Part 1 set the stage: rate cuts, exits reopening across IPOs, sponsor to sponsor, and strategic sales, plus a backlog of nearly 12,500 portfolio assets that will keep the executive market tight. Part 2 goes deeper into what that means for sponsors right now.