by Bianca Barbieri | Feb 5, 2026 | Business, Team Building
The Problem With Leading in the Present Most leadership teams make decisions under the pressure of today.Urgent issues. Competing priorities. Limited context. Without a clear picture of where the company is going, every decision feels heavier than it should. Leaders...
by Bianca Barbieri | Jan 29, 2026 | 2nd in Command, Business, People
A Moment of Pride for the COO Alliance® This book launch marks an important moment for the COO Alliance®.Our founder, Cameron Herold, and our Second in Command, Meridith Kuba, are releasing a book together after more than ten years working side by side.It is rare to...
by Bianca Barbieri | Jan 27, 2026 | 2nd in Command, Business
The gap between average and great COOs is not experience or intelligence, it is how they think about their role. Average COOs stay busy inside the business. Great COOs design how the business runs. They avoid habits that feel productive but quietly limit scale. They...
by Bianca Barbieri | Jan 22, 2026 | Business, Team Building
Leadership development often looks impressive on paper. Workshops. Frameworks. Certifications. Yet most programs fail to change behavior. Not because leaders resist learning, but because the training never shows up in daily execution. When leadership development stays...
by Bianca Barbieri | Jan 20, 2026 | Business, Performance
Redefining the founder role is one of the hardest transitions in a growing company. In the early days, the founder is the business.They decide.They execute.They fix what breaks. That model works early. It creates momentum. As the company scales, it becomes a...
by Bianca Barbieri | Dec 26, 2025 | Business, COO
Most companies don’t struggle with ideas. They struggle with execution. The strategy deck is clear. The goals make sense. The leadership team is aligned, at least on paper. And yet, progress stalls. Priorities drift. Teams stay busy but outcomes don’t move. That’s not...