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Standing up a cross-portfolio 80/20 practice

How Sift & Winn's principals helped a major private equity group build an 80/20 capability that portfolio leaders could use in the work.

4 yearsworking together across the practice

Cross-portfolioapplication across operating companies

The context

A major private equity group wanted to help portfolio-company leaders use data and focus to lead their teams and grow the strongest parts of their businesses.

The challenge

The opportunity was larger than a single analysis. Leaders needed a repeatable practice that connected 80/20 thinking to real operating choices across different businesses.

The work

Helped stand up the portfolio-wide practice rather than deliver an isolated project.
Taught leaders to distinguish the critical few from the complexity consuming attention and resources.
Worked with operators to translate analysis into decisions, team leadership and focused growth.
Kept the approach grounded in each company's facts instead of forcing a uniform playbook.

The approved outcome

Portfolio leaders gained a practical way to use data and focus in their businesses.

The work shaped the hands-on, operator-led approach Sift & Winn now brings to sponsors and management teams.

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