by Cameron Herold | Sep 17, 2020 | 2nd in Command, Business, Communication, COO, Culture, Emotional Roller Coaster, Mentoring, People, Performance, Productivity
No matter if you’re the COO of a small business or a huge one, it’s going to feel like a rollercoaster. Even if your business seems steady, there are always going to be ups and downs, either with the company or with getting your work done. Not to worry,... 
by Cameron Herold | Apr 9, 2020 | 2nd in Command, COO
Editor’s note: Anna left Bulletproof in 2019 shortly after she appeared on the Second in Command Podcast. When Anna Collins joined the nutrition company Bulletproof as president and COO in 2017, the business had recently expanded its ecommerce operation to... 
by Cameron Herold | Mar 26, 2020 | 2nd in Command, COO, Good To Great
You might think an executive with an IT background could easily drop into any company to serve its information technology needs. But spend a few moments with Tom Keiser, COO of cloud-based help desk company Zendesk, and you’ll discover it takes more than simply... 
by Cameron Herold | Mar 12, 2020 | 2nd in Command, Business, People
Sarah Jones Simmer’s career started at a hedge fund in Los Angeles. But while she loves investing, there’s something about business growth that got her thinking beyond just the numbers. “I love thinking about what makes businesses grow and succeed,... 
by Cameron Herold | Feb 27, 2020 | 2nd in Command, COO
Working for a Major League Baseball team might seem like the pinnacle of big business for some. And Brian Barren certainly has the background to take on that challenge: He led multifunctional business teams across a dozen of Procter & Gamble’s brands for 24... 
by Cameron Herold | Feb 20, 2020 | 2nd in Command, COO
Sean Magennis is a lifelong entrepreneur. In the early 1990s, he started a business consulting firm and an executive search business that has served clients across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. But, as I quickly discovered in our conversation for the Second...
