by Cameron Herold | Dec 1, 2017 | 2nd in Command, Business, Coaching, COO, Culture, Hiring, Interviewing, Mentoring, People, Team Building
I’m about to give you one of the greatest interview questions you can ever ask. With one simple query, you can glean insight into the candidate’s personality, values, tastes, background, decision-making ability, and so much more. Almost instantly, you’ll strip...
by Cameron Herold | Nov 13, 2017 | 2nd in Command, Business, COO, Culture, Hiring, Interviewing, Productivity, Team Building
Are you a COO? Guess what? The old adage of, ‘hire for attitude, train for skill’ doesn’t work anymore. As COO, we still sometimes fail to understand that a good attitude can’t overcome a lack of skills, and when you’re growing at 100% revenue growth a year,...
by Cameron Herold | Feb 23, 2017 | Good To Great, Jim Collins, Team Building
Which Chief Operations Officer should be on your bus? In Jim Collins’ book Good to Great, he describes the process of hiring as getting the right people “on the bus,” the wrong people “off the bus,” and “everybody in the right...
by Cameron Herold | Feb 14, 2017 | Business, Culture, Hiring, Interviewing, People, Team Building
Everything I Know about Recruiting I Learned from Duck Hunting My grandfather Cam Shortts was a great businessman, but he was an even better hunter (with superb recruiting skills). He owned a successful hunting and fishing lodge in northern Ontario, an amazing place...
by Cameron Herold | Apr 23, 2016 | Business, Coaching, Communication, Culture, Mentoring, People, Team Building
3 Things You Can Do to Engage Your Team and Save Money Now A CEO that I’ve had coached for two years has just done 100% revenue growth in a 24 month period, he then asked me: “What can I do to quickly engage my team around saving money now and do the same with...