Cameron Herold
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Cameron Herold is known for COO leadership frameworks, meeting discipline, and practical operating systems that help growing companies scale with more clarity and execution rigor.
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Work-life balance
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Three daily habits to prevent and recover from burnout
Cameron Herold
September 14, 2024
Work-life balance
10
Productivity & habits
9
Resilience & grit
6
Burnout is self-induced — you allow it, not your boss.
Shrink your time container: no nights, no weekends, ever.
Three daily priorities beat a full to-do list every time.
How great COOs grow people, break silos, and lead globally
Cameron Herold
September 9, 2024
Delegation
9
Management
8
Identity & self-belief
5
The COO's job is growing people, not doing the work
Flipping the org chart puts leaders in a support role
Hiring globally and leveraging AI now separate scalable companies
How CEOs use a vivid vision to align teams and attract talent
Cameron Herold
September 7, 2024
Vision & mission
10
Culture building
6
Business operating systems
5
A 4–5 page future description replaces the useless mission statement
Sharing the vision causes the wrong people to self-select out fast
Banks and customers bet on companies whose futures they can clearly see
How to build a business that runs without you as a home service operator
Cameron Herold
September 2, 2024
Delegation
9
Outsourcing & delegation
8
Pricing strategy
6
Doing $10/hour work yourself costs you $50/hour in lost capacity.
Raise prices first — it funds the delegation that buys your time back.
No C-suite titles until $10M; first hire is almost always an assistant.
Conflict resolution
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How to resolve workplace conflict without damaging relationships
Cameron Herold
August 31, 2024
Conflict resolution
10
Communication
6
A four-phrase model keeps conflict specific, timely, and non-personal
Ten positive call-outs before one hard conversation builds real trust
Ask if you're fighting to be right — or to solve the problem
Hiring & recruitment
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How to get the most value out of a COO
Cameron Herold
August 26, 2024
Hiring & recruitment
8
Delegation
8
Outsourcing & delegation
5
Break COO salary into weekly cost — then ask what they generate
A-players won't tolerate test projects; fix your interviewing instead
COO profile that built to $100M rarely fits the $100M–$600M climb
Business operating systems
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Apple's 10 core principles for scaling any business
Cameron Herold
August 24, 2024
Business operating systems
10
Culture building
8
Jobs cut 75% of Apple's products to build unstoppable momentum.
Small teams and brutal honesty eliminate bureaucracy at any size.
Ship minimum viable everything — perfection delays the flywheel.
What COOs must do differently to lead through change
Cameron Herold
August 19, 2024
Management
9
AI strategy & adoption
6
Cash flow management
5
Stagflation demands COOs finally master the P&L and budget ratios.
Growing people's skills, confidence, and networks is the core COO job.
Most COOs lack the DNA to become CEO — and shouldn't want to.
How to build and share a vivid vision for your company
Cameron Herold
August 17, 2024
Vision & mission
10
Culture building
6
Long-term planning
6
Share your vision publicly — silence kills alignment faster than competition
Three years is the only timeframe that creates real tension without paralysis
Core values are only real if you hire and fire on them
Leadership as chief energizing officer: building a high-energy team culture
Cameron Herold
August 12, 2024
Culture building
10
Management
8
Communication
6
Praise twice as often as you criticize — fill the jar before you withdraw
Starbucks CEO spent 2 hours every Friday handwriting personalised thank-you notes
Skip-level meetings and MBWA build the trust that makes honest feedback possible
Work-life balance
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Why entrepreneurs lose themselves and how to get life back
Cameron Herold
August 10, 2024
Work-life balance
9
Identity & self-belief
6
Delegation
5
Work addiction is often just avoiding relationships and insecurity
Delegating everything except genius gives you your life back
Write a vivid vision for your life three years from now
Scaling a family remodeling business past eight figures
Cameron Herold
August 5, 2024
Delegation
8
Processes & SOPs
7
Identity & self-belief
6
Why surrounding yourself with entrepreneurs is a growth prerequisite
Delegate anything below your effective hourly rate divided by four
Systems belong to your managers — your job is to skill them up
Cash flow management
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How to stop giving away margin through discounts and supplier complacency
Cameron Herold
August 3, 2024
Cash flow management
8
Pricing strategy
7
A 5% early payment discount is almost always bleeding profits unnecessarily
One phone call to a supplier can unlock 30–35% cost savings instantly
Raising prices 1–2% has an outsized, often underestimated impact on net profit
How to articulate your company vision so others can see it
Cameron Herold
July 29, 2024
Vision & mission
10
Communication
7
Culture building
6
Employees don't lack alignment — they lack access to your vision
A Vivid Vision must repel the wrong people as well as attract the right ones
Expect 3–6 months of lonely dancing before others start to follow
Hiring & recruitment
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Scaling an agency from $4M to $30M: leadership, pricing, and growth
Cameron Herold
July 27, 2024
Hiring & recruitment
9
Pricing strategy
7
Long-term planning
6
Revenue and gross margin solve every problem — obsess over those first.
Managers stuck in client delivery will always stall company growth.
Acquire tired agency owners with no earn-out and a clean exit day one.