For an organization to be competitive, to be the best in class and hence maximize its valuation, it must have outstanding capabilities. These organizational capabilities—the collective skills, abilities, and expertise of an organization—are the outcome of investments in talent acquisition, performance development, succession planning, communication, compensation, and other human capital areas. They represent the ways that people and resources are brought together to accomplish work. To build such capabilities a company would benefit by allying itself with a trusted and experienced business partner knowledgeable in how to develop a talent strategy (Fig. 1)) that works. Cornell Global is such a partner. We are industry agnostic, targeting family or privately held companies as well as middle market private equity portfolio companies with revenues typically $300M or less. Our mission…to increase business valuation through people. Our practice areas include Talent Management, Executive Coaching, Team Building and Coaching, Talent Acquisition, Exit/Succession Planning, and M&A Advisory.