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

In Dont F**k It Up: How Founders and Their Successors Can Avoid the Clichés 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 clichés such as get it right and be careful can have a detrimental effect on a companys 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 CEOKnow when and if its time to replace yourselfPick the right successorPrepare yourself and your company for the fragile transitionCreate a successful CEO transitionSeparate yourself from the companyThere 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.