Coaching for CEOs of Private Equity–Backed Companies
Leading a private equity–backed company is unlike any other executive role. Timelines are compressed, expectations are explicit, and the CEO is asked to drive transformation while delivering on a sponsor’s goals. That pressure rarely stays at the office.
Delivered in partnership with ETJ Life
Tim Stratman serves as a consultant to ETJ Life, a coaching community built for PE-backed CEOs, and delivers coaching for its CEO in the Seat program: private, one-on-one coaching for sitting CEOs, designed to keep the company, the leadership team, and the leader in sync.
Keeping Company, Team, and Self in Sync
Over a 12-month engagement of monthly sessions, CEOs work through the challenges that don’t show up on a dashboard: committing to the hard call, deciding whether the team that built the business is the team to transform it, and leading with conviction while delivering on a sponsor’s goals.
Each engagement pairs performance coaching with life coaching, so results at work don’t come at the expense of everything else. It reflects what Stratman Partners has always valued: real-world experience, honest evaluation, and coaching tailored to the individual.
A Resource for CEOs Following a Founder
In The Second CEO: Accelerating Scale When Following the Founder, ETJ Life founder Matt Sharrers explores how incoming CEOs can respect a founder’s legacy while shaping the culture, team, and direction needed for the company’s next stage of growth.
For PE-backed CEOs navigating this transition, the book offers a practical perspective on stepping into the role and establishing their own leadership.
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For sitting CEOs, leaders in transition, and private equity firms supporting their portfolio executives, ETJ Life offers a path forward.