Jan 11, 2023
Cameron Herold, dubbed by Forbes as Today’s CEO Whisperer, is the Founder of COO Alliance, a leading community for ops-minded professionals to help them build better companies and develop revenue and profit-generating ideas. He is a business growth guru and the best-selling author of several books, including Double Double, Vivid Vision, and his latest, The Second in Command.
He has been an entrepreneur for almost 20 years and was second in command at several companies. Throughout his career, Cameron has been the mastermind behind the exponential growth of hundreds of companies. Featured in publications, including Forbes, Inc., The New York Times, and Fortune, he is also a top-rated international speaker and hosts the Second-in-Command podcast, where listeners can tune in for tips and insights from other high-level COOs.
In this episode:
What is the best process for hiring, onboarding, and training your company's second in command? How can you create a trustworthy and mutually beneficial relationship with your COO?
The second-in-command plays a crucial role in the daily operations of a company. From supporting the CEO to acting as an entrepreneur's business partner, a COO helps the business achieve its goals. A valuable and effective second in command must understand and align his or her work with the company's core values, vision, mission, culture, and purpose. This alignment ensures they actively participate in executing the company's objectives and the scaling of the business.
In this episode of the Systems Simplified podcast, Adi Klevit interviews Cameron Herold, the Founder of COO Alliance, about his process for unleashing the power of your second in command. Cameron shares best practices for hiring a COO, tips for delegating work and strengthening the CEO/COO relationship, and how to effectively onboard and train a COO.