Blog Content for COOs & Leaders
Why Process Is the Fastest Way to Scale Execution
The Myth That Process Slows Companies Down Process often gets confused with...
When a COO Must Push Back to Protect the Business
Saying Yes Too Often Is a Risk The COO role exists to turn vision into...
Great Leaders Don’t Control. They Develop
Why Leadership Growth Is Often Misunderstood Many organizations talk about...
When Alignment Becomes an Excuse to Avoid Conflict
The Comfort of Agreement Alignment is one of the most praised qualities in...
How Writing the Future Simplifies Today’s Decisions
The Problem With Leading in the Present Most leadership teams make decisions...
Why Experience Beats Credentials in Growing Companies
In fast growing companies, hiring decisions often lean on credentials....
From Execution to the Page: A Leadership Partnership
A Moment of Pride for the COO Alliance This book launch marks an important...
What Great COOs Do That Average Ones Avoid
The gap between average and great COOs is not experience or intelligence, it...
Why Leadership Development Must Be Practical or It Fails
Leadership development often looks impressive on paper. Workshops. Frameworks....
Why Founders Struggle to Redefine Their Role
Redefining the founder role is one of the hardest transitions in a growing...
Why Hiring More People Is Rarely the Solution Leaders Think It Is
When results stall, the instinct is predictable.Add people. Add capacity. Add...
Decide less, win more
Why Fewer Decisions Are a Competitive Advantage for CEOs and COOs Leaders are...
Execution Is a Muscle: How COOs Build Consistency at Scale
Execution doesn’t break when a company lacks ambition.It breaks when growth...
From High Performer to Leader: Why So Many Managers Stall
Promotion is often treated as a reward.In reality, it’s a transition, and one...
The Hidden Cost of CEOs Running Operations
At the early stages, it works. The CEO sells, hires, manages, decides, and...
Why Strategy Fails Without an Operating System
Most companies don’t struggle with ideas. They struggle with execution. The...
Scaling Isn’t Just Growing: It’s Simplifying What Already Works
Most companies talk about scaling as if it’s only about doing more. More...
From Operator to Strategist: The Toughest Transition of Your Career
Most leaders don’t fail because they lack drive but because they stay...
Operational OKRs: How COOs Turn Strategy Into Execution
Most companies don’t fail because of bad strategy. They fail because leaders...
Inside the COO Alliance: A Conversation with Our Second in Command, Meridith Kuba
Behind every great founder is a Second in Command who makes it all work.And...