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Planning a Corporate Retreat – Part 2

by Cameron Herold | Dec 20, 2017 | 2nd in Command, Business, Coaching, Communication, COO, Culture, Focus, Good To Great, Mentoring, People, Performance, Productivity, Team Building

Corporate retreats are often intended for purposes of general relaxation, team-building, and brainstorming of new ideas. Members can relax, share experiences encountered throughout the work period, usually a year, in a relaxed and tension-free atmosphere. These are...

Planning a Corporate Retreat – Part 1

by Cameron Herold | Dec 18, 2017 | 2nd in Command, Business, Coaching, COO, Culture, Good To Great, Mentoring, People, Performance, Productivity, Team Building

The quality of relationships between the employer and employees, and among the employees themselves, has a lot of impact on employee morale and how well they deliver. Companies thrive on teamwork and innovativeness. And both are impacted by the value of relationships...

The Greatest Interview Questions, Ever.

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,...

Hire for Attitude, Train for Skill

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...

Which Chief Operations Officer Should Be On Your Bus?

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...

Recruiting Lessons I Learned From Duck Hunting

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...