GoKawiilSerial board member outlines common pitfalls when founders hand CEO role to successors
A six-time CEO who has served on 23 corporate boards describes a recurring pattern in which founders step back into a chairman role after hiring a CEO, only to see the relationship break down within months. The author attributes the friction to founders retaining an 'operator mindset' and struggling to distinguish governance from day-to-day interference, calling the resulting conflict zone the 'chairman's gap'.