by Cameron Herold | Mar 19, 2018 | 2nd in Command, Business, Coaching, Communication, COO, Good To Great, Mentoring, Performance
sharing is good. Sharing your ideas (and goals) with others is one of the best ways to make sure they come to fruition. Plan your work, and work your plan. Don’t set yourself up for low growth. You’re better than that. The COO Alliance is here to help with...
by Cameron Herold | Mar 5, 2018 | 2nd in Command, Business, Coaching, Communication, COO, Good To Great, Mentoring
When I say PR, what’s the first thing you think of? Is it significant companies trying to cover their butts like BP after the Gulf oil spill? Is it brands doing crazy things like jumps from space to get attention? Is it spin doctors trying to hustle the masses?...
by Cameron Herold | Feb 5, 2018 | 2nd in Command, Business, Coaching, Good To Great, Hiring, Interviewing, Mentoring, People, Performance, Team Building
If you’re contemplating the use of a search firm, chances are you are looking for top leaders to join your team. There are thousands of search firms to choose from and, making the right choice depends on the criteria you use in your selection process. Here are a few...
by Cameron Herold | Jan 24, 2018 | 2nd in Command, Business, Coaching, COO, Culture, Good To Great, Hiring, Mentoring, People, Performance, Productivity
If you’ve been following along on our blog, you’ll remember my last post, where I talked about step one of onboarding a new COO. As I said in Part 1 – Resist The Urge To Let Them Do Their Job, it is essential that you immerse your new COO in the company for...
by Cameron Herold | Jan 22, 2018 | 2nd in Command, Business, Coaching, COO, Culture, Good To Great, Hiring, Mentoring, People, Performance, Productivity
We all know that recruiting and hiring the perfect COO for your company is not an easy task. It takes a lot of hard work, research, planning, and time. But once all of that is done, and you’ve hired the perfect person – then what? One of the things that I am...
by Cameron Herold | Jan 17, 2018 | 2nd in Command, Business, Coaching, COO, Good To Great, Mentoring, People, Performance, Productivity, Team Building
A skip-level meeting is when a COO skips over one of their direct reports, like a VP of marketing, to meet with their marketing team. The reason for the skip level meeting is to gain insights from that team and be able to talk to them without the leader present. It is...