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id: "quote-jungbluth-execution"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["§ The Five Crucial Capabilities"]
tags: ["leadership", "execution"]
related: ["concept-uninherited-influence", "entity-eric-jungbluth"]
speaker: "Eric Jungbluth"
speakers: ["Eric Jungbluth"]
sources: ["tail2"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-tail2"
originDay: 2
articleStem: "hbr-tail-120-corporate-to-pe-ceo"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/07/making-the-leap-from-corporate-leader-to-pe-backed-ceo"
sourceTitle: "Making the Leap from Corporate Leader to PE-Backed CEO"
---
# Jungbluth on Execution Through Others

> "How well you drive execution through others."

— [[entity-eric-jungbluth|Eric Jungbluth]], CEO of multiple PE-backed firms and three public companies, naming the single most critical factor in PE

The essence of [[concept-uninherited-influence|uninherited influence]]: impact without inherited authority.