Hey, it’s Nathan. This is the "Welcome" series for How to be Second, especially built for us that are "Seconds", this kind of person. If you signed up for the email list, you're probably already getting these! But of course, you can absorb them as fast as you'd like.
Here's the whole series:
Buying into Your Self (A Second?)
Introducing H2B2 and your Second's Community
OK, I’m a Second… now what?
- Opportunity Development
- Personal Development
- Professional Development
To boil it down, H2B2 Makes money either through Community investing in themselves, or through our Matchmaking (not recruiting) offering.
Critically, Community and Sanity are never locked behind a paywall here, all of the following stuff is free:
- The Guide System
- Seconds knowing Seconds
- The Monthly Meetup
- Happy Hours (well, byob, lol)
- Connections to other Helpers
- Most of our content resources
- The Weekly Email
- Everyone on staff has 1-1 conversations with Seconds just finding this for themselves to welcome them and build bridges and open doors
And Personal and Professional Development have costs.
H2B2 Supporters - For people who don’t necessarily need anything else from H2B2 right now, but know that this work is good and they want/need it to keep existing on their behalf and the behalf of others.
The Book - How to be Second -** A book most people think is about the job (which is what we thought it would be about when we started writing it…) that turned into a book about identity, and the discovery of a kind of person.
Coaching - For Personal Development -** 1-1 Coaching with someone with lived experience in the “Work of self”, including being knowledgeable in personality assessments and having experienced counseling/spiritual direction/therapy for themselves. You bring your BODY with you, everywhere you go. If professional development (skill focused) is getting better fitting clothes, than Personal Development (self-focused) is going to the gym to work on your body. Skill development is additive and good, Self development is multiplicative.
(NOT a replacement for Therapy / Counseling / Spiritual Direction; if we discover needs in those areas, we will refer you to a licensed/trained professional in those disciplines)
Matchmaking - We Match CEOs to their Right-Fit Seconds.
We focus on making these matches VERY differently than recruiting; our process is modeled closer to Elite Matchmaking. BOTH people are our clients. We do our diligence together, and if we feel we’ve found a fit, Matchees get direct connections to the CEO, in a zero competition environment, to spend time together and see if you resonate with each other. Right now, our work is started (and mostly paid for) by the CEO/Visionary/Founder who is seeking their Right-Fit Second, and our process (and webpages) are geared towards that person.
And, BOTH parties need to invest. Seconds invest in themselves to “Get on the List”, We take making a good Match for Seconds JUST as seriously as the CEO; and your skills are important, but your resume doesn’t (can’t) tell us about YOU, which is critical to this work. Doing the homework (assessments, written homework, decision making, talking to one of our Matchmakers) and getting on the list has a one-time fee associated, and then you’re on the list forever; starts at $350 for Seconds and can be reduced slightly if you purchase your own assessments, and is baked in to many of our other offerings.
Skool Platform (Education + Open Roles from our partners) - Our “Professional Development Platform” that anchors the ways we support Seconds taking their next step in their work and market value.
Coaching - for Professional Development - 1-1 Sessions with a fellow Second who has “been there and done that.” Especially valuable for those navigating life with a First in Command, OR AS a FCMD.
Mastermind Groups (For Seconds who are SCMDs) - A small group gathering together with a facilitator to learn how to improve their skills as Second in Commands, whether your title is Integrator, Chief of Staff, Chief Operating Officer, General Manager, Executive Assistant, or the other 39 working titles we have. (Like “The Glue” or “Everythinger”); Also gets you “On the List”.
Job Transition PODs (For Seconds looking for work) - 90-day sprint with 2-3 people “going together” with a facilitator as you navigate looking for new work (whether you’re currently OUT of a job or not). Also gets you “On the List”.
Workshops - As they happen - These are one time events with experts in an area of expertise. They have a fee, but are free for Skool Platform members and Supporters. (Typically $49 for early bird and $99 regular price) Our plans through 2026 and 2027 are to have these on a Quarterly basis, with the potential for more as membership/support increases)
That was a lot - but we always like to ask what you’re ready for next: To grow alone, or go (and grow) together?
If you're ready to grow alone:
You could check out the next parts of this series (if you're on the email sequence, do nothing, it'll just show up)
If you'd like to listen to what it feels like to "Be this person", especially contrasted with a "Dreamer" type, the One Second podcast is for exactly that experience
If you're ready to stay on the pulse of H2B2 and the community, you can make sure you're set to get the weekly email
If you're ready to go (and grow) together:
You can register for the Monthly Meetup and come spend some time in community - or check out the main nav and touch base for what's interesting to you, and talk to a real person about that!