Samantha Holt is chasing a question most private equity firms never ask: what would happen if far more of a portfolio’s leaders worked in their zone of genius? As Head of Architecture at Rallyday Partners, Samantha pairs operational rigor with deep curiosity about people, from pre-deal CEO assessments to a nine-month leadership cohort. In this conversation, Ryan Heckman and Samantha unpack the gap between excellence and genius, building trust before a deal closes, and the Enneagram as a shared language under stress. Listeners will leave with a simple exercise for finding their own genius, and a reminder that the best returns may start with the people doing the work.
