Hiring & recruitment

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How to hire and integrate a strong COO

Cameron Herold April 3, 2023

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Hiring & recruitment 9

Delegation 6

• Your basket of tasks you hate defines exactly what COO to hire.
• The first 90 days: observe, stress-test, then win small — in that order.
• Most COOs don't scale 10x — plan to replace them when the season ends.

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Delegation

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How to fully empower leaders by passing the baton

Bill Gallagher March 7, 2023

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Delegation 9

Management 5

• Having management systems isn't the same as letting go
• Nine months of asking questions replaced reflexive problem-solving
• Real test: a month away with the team running growth alone

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Hiring & recruitment

YouTube

Hiring a second in command to build a life, not just a business

Cameron Herold February 23, 2023

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Hiring & recruitment 9

Work-life balance 8

Delegation 6

• Your COO should give you a life, not just run operations
• Hire for yin-yang fit to your DNA, not past job titles
• Delegating 80% of your week can double your business

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Management

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Eight habits that separate effective CEOs from the rest

Cameron Herold January 30, 2023

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Management 9

Productivity & habits 7

Delegation 6

• Why self-blame — not external blame — earns more team respect
• Wartime CEOs cut dead weight fast; hesitation signals fear
• Scheduled thinking time away from tech unlocks strategic clarity

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Delegation

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How Steve Jobs used mentors and mastermind groups to build Apple

Rob Walling January 16, 2023

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Delegation 8

Resilience & grit 6

• Steve Jobs quietly relied on 10+ mentors throughout his entire career
• A mastermind group gives you peers who actually care about your journey
• Collective experience across 3–5 founders helps you move faster and fail less

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Hiring & recruitment

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Four strategies for building a high-performance team

Dan Martell December 19, 2022

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Hiring & recruitment 9

Delegation 8

Identity & self-belief 5

• Not training people caps them at exactly the information you give
• Hire people whose personal 10-year vision matches what you need built
• Your team's growth ceiling is set by your own leadership growth

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Management

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How to coach managers to give effective feedback

HR Party of One December 8, 2022

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Management 9

Delegation 6

• Most managers are promoted for performance, not coaching skill.
• Avoiding feedback creates compounding problems — like technical debt.
• A handbook, reading list, and role-play practice build lasting feedback habits.

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Hiring & recruitment

YouTube

How to hire and leverage the right COO for your company

Cameron Herold December 5, 2022

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Hiring & recruitment 10

Management 7

Delegation 6

• The wrong COO costs 15x their salary — $3–4M per year.
• Hire someone who has done the job, not just knows how.
• Trust must be total before day one — not built on the job.

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Communication

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Six strategies to become more visible to your higher-ups

Dr. Grace Lee November 19, 2022

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Communication 9

Delegation 5

• Acknowledging others specifically positions you as a leader, not a self-promoter
• Communication outweighs technical skill as you climb the ladder
• Reporting progress too often is still probably not enough

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Delegation

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How C1S Group built a thriving visionary-integrator partnership

EOS Worldwide November 8, 2022

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Delegation 9

Business operating systems 8

Case studies 7

• Why a personal friendship became the foundation for a high-trust integrator hire
• Sitting in three seats simultaneously nearly broke the founder and the business
• Weekly same-page meetings, varied settings, and shared vision keep V/I alignment strong

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Delegation

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How to grow your business without burning out using the replacement ladder

Dan Martell October 31, 2022

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Delegation 9

Outsourcing & delegation 7

Productivity & habits 5

• Hire to buy back calendar time, not to add capacity
• Your buyback rate turns delegation into a measurable 4× return
• Admin, delivery, then marketing: the exact order to offload work

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Management

Podcast

How to build trust, expand scope, and grow as a product leader

Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth October 23, 2022

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Management 9

Product-market fit 6

Delegation 5

• Sponsorship — not mentorship — is what actually accelerates PM careers.
• The manager death spiral: keeping the best work kills your team's growth.
• Senior operators are going fractional — here's what makes it viable.

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Delegation

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Building a visionary-integrator partnership through intentional relationship work

EOS Worldwide October 18, 2022

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Delegation 8

Communication 8

Management 7

• Front-loading hard relationship work accelerates the visionary-integrator transition.
• A four-step conflict protocol — documented before it's needed — creates safety to go deep.
• Letting go of the integrator seat unlocks what only the visionary can do.

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Hiring & recruitment

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Seven lessons from hiring a CEO smarter than you

Neil Patel September 29, 2022

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Hiring & recruitment 9

Delegation 8

Vision & mission 5

• Why hiring a smarter CEO beats staying in charge yourself
• Talented but lazy executives will drag your whole company down
• Culture fit matters more than every other box on the list

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Delegation

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How a real estate founder stopped being the bottleneck in her own business

EOS Worldwide July 19, 2022

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Delegation 8

Business operating systems 7

Case studies 6

• The visionary who goes it alone is the biggest obstacle to growth.
• Letting go isn't about trust — it's about fear of wasting your integrator's time.
• A simple boulder framework filters which ideas are worth pursuing.

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