COO Archives

Tips For Effectively Hiring Remote Workers

Working remotely is becoming increasingly common in today’s world. Hiring remote workers can be very beneficial for your company, but only if you know how to hire the right people. Here are some tips to help you hire remote workers! Encourage Flexibility When...

How Nonprofit Khan Academy Uses Corporate Tactics to Grow

Ginny Lee wasn’t sure she was made for the nonprofit world. In fact, it took her months to decide to join Khan Academy, which provides free micro-lectures to K-12 students and anyone who wants to learn. She had spent 17 years on Intuit’s leadership team,...

Beyond Bulletproof Coffee: Lessons on Leadership and Startup Growth

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...

Zendesk’s COO Has a Unique Strategy For Encouraging Collaboration

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...

From the Board Room to the Baseball Diamond: How Brian Barren Took Corporate Process Development to the MLB

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...