How to Be a Good CEO, with Trey Taylor

<p>Have you ever wondered how to <strong>be a good CEO</strong>? Starting your own functional medicine practice seems daunting enough, but now you actually have to run the business? Luckily, Trey Taylor knows what it’s like to be thrust into being a CEO. Today, he shares:</p> <ul> <li>How to <strong>be a good CEO</strong></li> <li>How to hire people who fit well into your company</li> <li>The importance of having a succession plan</li> <li>How to delegate as a leader</li> <li>Why transparency with your team is essential</li> </ul> <h2>How to Be a Good CEO</h2> <p>Trey Taylor is a CEO, mentor and coach to business owners and other CEOs, and has varied experience in tech, venture capital, real estate, and law. He started his career as a law clerk at WebMD, which he left to pursue a career as a venture capitalist and began working for AOL.</p> <p>However, life had other plans for him, and, after his father passed suddenly, he returned home to run the family business–a business in which he had no experience and no desire to run. He didn’t know the industry well, nor did he know how to be a good CEO. But it was out of the frying pan and into the fire. Trey knew he couldn’t let his family down, so he stepped up and went on a journey to discover just what a CEO does. His journey led to him gaining the knowledge and confidence to run other businesses and eventually write <em>A CEO Only Does Three Things</em>, a book on being a CEO.</p> <p>Today, on The FM Shift, Trey joins us to discuss building a successful business and being the best CEO you can be. He shares insights into the keys of being a great leader, creating a fantastic team, and preparing for succession.</p> <p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-1478 size-full" src= "https://thefmshift.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Be-a-good-CEO.png" sizes= "(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 640px, 100vw" srcset= "/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Be-a-good-CEO.png 640w, /wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Be-a-good-CEO-480x360.png 480w" alt="Be a Good CEO" wid