Don’t F**k It Up: How Founders and Their Successors Can Avoid the Cliches That Inhibit Growth

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In Don’t F**k It Up: How Founders and Their Successors Can Avoid the Cliches That Inhibit Growth, author and six-time second CEO Les Trachtman offers his expertise on the most effective ways to successfully hand off your company to a worthy successor. He also has advice for those who are inheriting a business and want to take it to the next level, as well as for boards who are dealing with these leadership transitions.

In his direct, no-nonsense approach, Les shows readers how seemingly harmless business cliches such as get it right and be careful can have a detrimental effect on a company’s future by conveying that such imperative ingredients such as risk and innovation are things to now be avoided.

Readers will learn how to:

Understand the metamorphosis required to transition from great founder to great CEO Know when, and if, it’s time to replace yourself Pick the right successor Prepare yourself and your company for the fragile transition Create a successful CEO transition Separate yourself from the company

There is likely no one more experienced in founder transitions than Les Trachtman. He has been an innovative and respected successor at six different companies; let his hard-won advice guide you through your transition and toward success.