Human Equity

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HR Due Diligence

"Evaluation helps investors build a bridge between intuitive knowing and decision making. 'Blind spots' can be pointed out to highlight biases in investment decision making. Structured investigation of the symptoms and causes of executive performance incre ases the investor's scope of control."

Duncan Chapple

Benefits of Integrated HR Due Diligence:

Contributes directly to increased portfolio IRR
Greater independence and accuracy of executive assessment
Increases scope of addressable investments

Human-Equity has brought together investment, HR and psychology professionals, to deliver the best possible integration of management due diligence and assessment tools. Based on Integral Theory and Developmental Psychology our experts provide context-aware reports that will improve both your investment selection and management interventions

Personal Metrics

Support intuitive assessments with metrics
Integrated behaviour and cognitive assessments
Peer reference interviews

Organisational Metrics

HR practices, structures and performance review
Evaluation of reward and incentive efficiencies
Employee opinion surveys

How Structured HR Due Diligence Improves Investment IRR:

Correlation of HR Assessment Practices to Investment Performance

Human-Equity’s 2008 Survey of VCs and PE funds has found a high variation in chosen assessment techniques. Research of 48 investors in the USA* has shown direct investment performance consequences of the HR assessment approach adopted:

*Claremont Graduate University USA PhD survey