Letting Go to Grow: Insights into CEO Succession with Evgeny Shadchnev
The 1% Podcast hosted by Shay DaltonShow Notes
After stepping down as the founder and CEO of Makers, one of the UK's leading coding boot camps, Evgeny Shadchnev became a certified professional coach specialising in helping entrepreneurs through CEO succession. In his new book, Startup CEO Succession, A Founder's Guide to Leadership Transition, Evgeny draws on firsthand experience of stepping down as a founder CEO and as a certified professional coach, guiding other CEOs through the same journey.
From reflecting on our deepest motivations to choosing the successor and executing a smooth succession plan, Evgeny helps entrepreneurs and CEOs along with their boards to navigate leadership succession when the stakes are at their highest. You wrote this book because it was what you needed when you were deciding whether to step down from the makers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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