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...
by Cameron Herold | Jan 12, 2018 | 2nd in Command, Business, Coaching, COO, Culture, Hiring, Interviewing, Mentoring, People, Performance, Team Building
What questions do you ask in interviews? “What’s your biggest fault?†“Tell me about a time you disagreed with a supervisor.†Please. With all due respect to the highly trained HR insiders out there, I think traditional, wishy-washy interviews suck. It’s...
by Cameron Herold | Jan 5, 2018 | 2nd in Command, Business, Coaching, COO, Culture, Good To Great, Mentoring, People, Performance, Team Building
If you’re running a wildly successful and profitable business, don’t hide it. I talked to a business owner from Las Vegas once, and he was nervous to let his employees know how much money he was making. He said, “Oh no, I wouldn’t want them to know how much...
by Cameron Herold | Jan 3, 2018 | 2nd in Command, Business, Coaching, Communication, COO, Culture, Focus, Good To Great, Mentoring, Performance, Productivity
What do you see in your future? I’ve looked into my future, and I like what I see. No, I didn’t go see an old gypsy woman or sift through any tea leaves. I just chilled out in my hammock, closed my eyes and visualized where I was going to be professionally and...
by Cameron Herold | Dec 27, 2017 | 2nd in Command, Business, Coaching, COO, Culture, Good To Great, Mentoring, People, Performance, Productivity
Vision statements and mission statements are useless. They don’t work. They have never worked. They will never work. Why? Because this is how they are made… You get a bunch of smart people in the room. You put a bunch of your favorite words up on whiteboards....
by Cameron Herold | Dec 24, 2017 | 2nd in Command, Coaching, COO, Good To Great, Mentoring, People, Performance, Productivity
Help save CEOs from themselves! Most entrepreneurs suffer from what I call A.D.O.S., and it stands for:  Attention Deficit, Oh Squirrel! The reality is, entrepreneurs and CEOs are often “Quick Starters†(a term from the KOLBE A profile I have all the CEOs I...
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