When deals close, spreadsheets stop talking—but people don’t. The October PL3 Virtual Roundtable explored how leadership behavior and cultural alignment determine whether mergers create value or quietly erode it—and how AI-enabled metrics are giving investors a new lens to measure the human side of M&A.

HR Operating Partners play a pivotal role in private equity by optimizing talent, leadership, and organizational strategy to maximize invest

Leadership factors should be embedded in the PE deal thesis and due diligence processes to ensure alignment and drive value creation.