The Second CEO

Editor’s Note: This book equips new CEOs with the tools, mindset, and strategies needed to successfully lead with clarity, confidence, and purpose.

In The Second CEO, Matt Sharrers offers a practical and deeply informed guide to navigating this difficult transition. Drawing on his own experience as a Second CEO and his years of coaching others in the role, Sharrers provides a clear roadmap for succeeding in a role that is as risky as it is rewarding, while delivering actionable insights on how to gain your footing, align with the board, build your leadership team, and scale effectively. The book features real-world stories, advice from serial Second CEOs, founder insights, and perspectives from private equity investors.

In this Executive Book Summary^®:

• Develop the mindset you need to succeed as a Second CEO that follows a founder.
• Detailed explanations about the transitions you have to go through and how to do so successfully.
• Key processes and a step-by-step guide to cultivating culture through purpose, vision and values, and crafting your own strategy to succeed.
• Determine what kind of leader you want to be and what to do during the first year on the job to set your company on the path to growth.