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Advice from Gadi Shamia, COO of Talkdesk

by Cameron Herold | Aug 7, 2018 | 2nd in Command, COO, People, Performance, Productivity

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, Peetâ€™s Coffee, Dropbox and more. Gadiâ€™s Background Gadi has...

Advice from Joe Esparraguera, COO of Lifematters

by Cameron Herold | Jul 3, 2018 | 2nd in Command, Business, COO, Mentoring, Productivity, Team Building

In episode five of the Second in Command Podcast Cameron sat down with Joe Esparraguera, COO of Lifematters. Joeâ€™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 career...

I Dare You to Do Thisâ€¦

by Cameron Herold | Apr 16, 2018 | 2nd in Command, Business, Coaching, COO, Good To Great, People, Performance, Productivity

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. Youâ€™ll never get everything on your list done. However, IF you write down...

Onboarding A New COO: Part 2 – The Ripple Effect

by Cameron Herold | Jan 24, 2018 | 2nd in Command, Business, Coaching, COO, Culture, Good To Great, Hiring, Mentoring, People, Performance, Productivity

If youâ€™ve been following along on our blog, youâ€™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...

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

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 youâ€™ve hired the perfect person – then what? One of the things that I am...

Tips for COOs – #1 The Skip Level Meeting

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...