In the 4th episode of the second season of Frog’s How to Scale podcast, Senior Partner Mike Reid speaks with Dawn Marriott, Partner at Hg Capital, about effectively developing the leadership team as you progress through the different stages of scale-up.
Dawn focuses on the CEO community at Hg Capital, driving growth and operational effectiveness within their portfolio. She acts as a serial Exec Chair with a particular emphasis on driving change, growth and C suite succession. Previously she headed up Hg’s Portfolio team and was CEO in Hg investments Kinapse and Azets. Prior to that she was Group COO at Capita plc; where she was part of the team for almost 20 years who grew the business to being one of the largest companies in the UK at that time.
In our conversation we cover:
- The right skillsets for different stages of growth
- Confident leadership through difficult conversations
- The Scars and Stripes Brigade – Building an experienced network you can trust for guidance
- Building out the right team by identifying blind spots
- Asking for feedback to grow self-awareness in your team
- Authenticity and kindness when exiting people
- The chair as a tool to help the CEO be successful
- Communicating your purpose effectively to find the right fit when recruiting
We cover these topics and many others extensively in How to Scale, Frog’s library of Scale-Up insights, including further episodes of the podcast and Scale-Up toolkits from our Frog Operating Partners. Subscribe to our podcast or follow us on Linkedin to ensure you never miss a new episode.
