Most COOs treat succession planning as an HR project. But really it’s an operating discipline, and it belongs to whoever already owns the cadence everything else runs on. That’s you. Most COOs Can’t Name Their Break-the-Business Seats Every...
Most leaders default to one leadership style and apply it to everyone on the team, regardless of the project or the person. That approach ignores something obvious once it’s pointed out. Different people, and even the same person on different projects, need a...
A lot of strategic plans read beautifully and go nowhere. The problem usually isn’t the strategy, it’s that nobody translated it into something a team can run on this week. Vivid Vision was built to close that exact gap. Paint The Picture Before You Build...
Every month inside COO Alliance, members share one lesson that made them a more effective operator. One recent discussion turned up something worth paying attention to. Every company involved was different, but the most experienced COOs kept describing the same...
Most CEOs want a COO who thinks like they do. It’s an understandable instinct. Familiar feels safe. But it’s the wrong one. The best COO isn’t a second version of the CEO, and that pairing rarely works long term. Two people with the same...
Most weekly leadership meetings feel productive. Yet very little changes afterward. That is because most leadership meetings focus on reporting activity rather than driving execution. Teams leave with more information, but not necessarily more clarity. A meeting that...
