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The New CEO: Lessons from CEOs on How to Start Well and Perform Quickly
Your personal guide to navigating the first days, weeks, and months in the top job, based on powerful interviews with today's most successful CEOs.
Becoming a CEO is a high-stakes moment, whether it's your first, second, or third time in the seat. What you say and how you act in your early days as CEO sets the tone for how you'll be perceived for years to come. Yet, until now, few CEOs have shared their stories on what worked, what didn't, and what they wish they'd done differently.
In The New CEO, Dr. Ty Wiggins, an experienced leadership advisor specializing in CEO transitions, explains how to land well as a new CEO, accelerate your impact, and unlock the most affirming experience of your career.
Drawing on compelling storytelling and groundbreaking research of hundreds of CEOs around the world, the book offers a incisive guide on what to say and do as a new CEO, including how to define your priorities, build your team, fast-track critical changes, work with the board, and set (or reset) the organization's culture.
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Why being a CEO is the toughest (and loneliest) job in business—and what to do about it. How to overcome the “First 100 Days” mindset and pressure for early wins to deliver sustainable, long-term success. How to avoid getting trapped in the “CEO Bubble,” as well as how to navigate (inevitable) challenges, knocks, and missteps. Perfect for newly appointed CEOs—whether it's your first time on the job or your second or third—The New CEO is also an essential resource for anyone seeking insights into the mindset and priorities of CEOs, including board members and directors, in-house counsel, leadership coaches, other executives, and consultants.
Becoming a CEO is a high-stakes moment, whether it's your first, second, or third time in the seat. What you say and how you act in your early days as CEO sets the tone for how you'll be perceived for years to come. Yet, until now, few CEOs have shared their stories on what worked, what didn't, and what they wish they'd done differently.
In The New CEO, Dr. Ty Wiggins, an experienced leadership advisor specializing in CEO transitions, explains how to land well as a new CEO, accelerate your impact, and unlock the most affirming experience of your career.
Drawing on compelling storytelling and groundbreaking research of hundreds of CEOs around the world, the book offers a incisive guide on what to say and do as a new CEO, including how to define your priorities, build your team, fast-track critical changes, work with the board, and set (or reset) the organization's culture.
You'll also
Why being a CEO is the toughest (and loneliest) job in business—and what to do about it. How to overcome the “First 100 Days” mindset and pressure for early wins to deliver sustainable, long-term success. How to avoid getting trapped in the “CEO Bubble,” as well as how to navigate (inevitable) challenges, knocks, and missteps. Perfect for newly appointed CEOs—whether it's your first time on the job or your second or third—The New CEO is also an essential resource for anyone seeking insights into the mindset and priorities of CEOs, including board members and directors, in-house counsel, leadership coaches, other executives, and consultants.
272 pages, Hardcover
Published May 7, 2024
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July 24, 2024
Not really much new in this book for anyone reading the latest business & leadership books.
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ = Back in the TBR to re-read / You should read
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ = Enjoyed it and you probably will too
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⭐️ = Didn’t finish
October 2, 2024
Interesting read for folks aspiring to be CEO. Helpful insight into day to day, short/long term vision, the Board, community, teams, and staff. Fun to piece together insights from the book after supporting a few CEOs.
November 29, 2024
Useful reference material with plenty of tips/handrails but nothing new for anyone keeping current with thier business readings. The first 90 days remains the definitive guide in this sub-genre.
October 24, 2025
My version of self help reading these days — but actually some really helpful frameworks including the team decision making one, chapter on the board, and comms (weekly email for first 12 weeks?)
December 27, 2025
excellent
This is an excellent book in preparing for the role. I highly recommend it as part of a learning plan.
This is an excellent book in preparing for the role. I highly recommend it as part of a learning plan.
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