Productivity Archives

Advice from Gadi Shamia, COO of Talkdesk

In episode ten of the Second in Command Podcast Cameron sat down with Gadi Shamia, COO of Talkdesk – the fastest growing SaaS content centre startup with thousands of customers like Shopify, IBM, Peet’s Coffee, Dropbox and more. Gadi’s Background...

Advice from Joe Esparraguera, COO of Lifematters

In episode five of the Second in Command Podcast Cameron sat down with Joe Esparraguera, COO of Lifematters. Joe’s Background Joe first served in the U.S. Army after graduating from the University of Maryland at College Park. After his service, Joe began his...

I Dare You to Do This…

I dare you. Today. Write down the TOP 1 thing that you NEED to get done. Then do it. Now. Get off of Facebook. Get off Twitter & LinkedIn & Pinterest. Stop replying to random emails. You’ll never get everything on your list done. However, IF you write...

Onboarding A New COO: Part 2 – The Ripple Effect

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...

Onboarding A New COO: Part 1 – Resist Letting Them Do Their Job

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...