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source_timestamps: ["§ The Five Crucial Capabilities"]
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speaker: "Robert Hanson"
speakers: ["Robert Hanson"]
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articleStem: "hbr-tail-120-corporate-to-pe-ceo"
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sourceTitle: "Making the Leap from Corporate Leader to PE-Backed CEO"
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# Hanson on Value Creation vs Stakeholders

> "The biggest adjustment in PE is trusting that it really is all about the value-creation plan, not about appeasing stakeholders."

— [[entity-robert-hanson|Robert Hanson]], two-time portfolio-company CEO

The canonical articulation of [[concept-practical-commercial-orientation|practical commercial orientation]] and the abandonment of corporate stakeholder-appeasement in favor of the [[prereq-value-creation-plan|value-creation plan]].