Private equity
See inside every business you back.
For operating partners, people and culture specialists and portfolio CEOs, and for the leaders at every level beneath them.
The challenge
The issues nobody has raised yet.
What slows a value creation plan often sits with the people doing the work.
New leaders can’t see the whole business yet.
A single cycle gives them a snapshot of every part of it.
Add-ons settle at different speeds.
Leaders can spot early which teams need support.
People often hold back what might reflect on them.
Anonymity gives them the confidence to say it.
How Tensense helps
A clear picture, from deal to exit.
Baseline soon after the deal
The first cycle establishes it. From there, each cycle adds to the trend, so you see what is changing.
A view for every leader
Results reach the leaders closest to each issue, not just the board.
Across the portfolio
Run it in every business you back. Each gets its own reports, rated against the same Tensense baseline.
Any size of business
There’s no minimum headcount, so a small add-on or carve-out can be measured from day one, on the same basis as the rest of the portfolio.
Anonymous to the business
Individual responses, reported only in aggregate. Anonymity is enforced by Tensense. How anonymity works
Act, then check
Re-run after an integration step or leadership change, and see whether local experience is shifting. Tensense through change
Growing by acquisition · Armstrong Watson
2.5×Headcount growth over more than five years, organically and by acquisition.
“We can spot cultural misalignment early and take targeted action to embed our values and ways of working.”
Through a turnaround · PE-backed businesses
Knowing the extent of the challenge.
A serial value-creation CEO on using Tensense through a turnaround, and why he would run it across a whole portfolio.