From Founder to CEO (ft. Matt Sharrers)

Former SBI CEO Matt Sharrers, renowned for guiding the firm to consecutive recognitions as one of America’s Most Admired Management Consulting Firms by Forbes, now focuses on empowering CEOs and advising private equity firms. After grooming his successor, he transitioned to coaching leaders through transformative phases. Matt’s latest mission centers on facilitating successful transitions for founder CEOs and accelerating scale for second CEOs, articulated in his impactful book, “The Second CEO: Accelerating Scale When Following the Founder.”   As a Second CEO who followed a founder, Matt brings unique insight, having not only witnessed these dynamics through his coaching and board work but also having lived through them firsthand. With a career spanning three decades, Matt’s expertise, honed through roles as an athlete, F500 executive, and CEO of a PE-backed company, underscores his commitment to enabling extraordinary results in a domain ripe with opportunity. Motivated by impact rather than monetary gain, Matt seeks to inspire and effect profound change through his writing and consulting endeavors.

Key themes included:

1. Succession Planning: Founder to Professional CEO

2. Self-awareness and humility in leadership

3. Structured sales and management systems

4. CEO and team transition requirements

5. Nostalgia and ego management

6. Revenue as a business value driver

7. Role of private equity firms

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Website: www.etjadvisory.com 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattsharrers/ 

Email: Msharrers@etjadvisory.com 

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