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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Identity & self-belief
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The overlooked personality traits that drive entrepreneurial success
Cameron Herold
May 27, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
7
Management
5
ADD and bipolar traits are entrepreneurial superpowers, not disorders
Tim Ferriss turned $25,000 into $108M by backing Uber alone
Working smart beats working hard — R&D means rip off and duplicate
How a nomadic entrepreneur leads teams across 40 countries
Cameron Herold
May 25, 2024
Management
9
Processes & SOPs
6
A 2-for-1 purging rule makes going nomadic actually achievable.
Naming the meeting style for each agenda item kills conflict and silence.
Leaders who acknowledge employee struggles get more commitment than business incentives ever could.
Practical leadership systems for culture, meetings, and employee care
Cameron Herold
May 20, 2024
Culture building
9
Management
8
Processes & SOPs
6
A structured meeting rhythm from daily huddles to annual retreats drives alignment
Culture is vision and core values — not perks, slides, or free lunch
Caring about employees' real dreams cuts turnover and builds brick-wall loyalty
Four pillars of business culture and the vivid vision framework
Cameron Herold
May 18, 2024
Culture building
9
Vision & mission
8
A vivid vision should repel half your candidates — intentionally.
Your BHAG must look impossible from outside, achievable from inside.
Raising prices 50% saved 1-800-GOT-JUNK when no one was profitable.
Prospecting & outreach
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How to give business gifts that people actually value
Cameron Herold
May 13, 2024
Prospecting & outreach
7
Customer experience
6
Branded swag and generic gifts actively damage client relationships
A $9,000 hotel room gift cost the sender almost nothing
Personal gifts outperform equal-spend dinners on lasting recall
AI strategy & adoption
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Employees who use AI daily will survive — those who don't won't
Cameron Herold
May 11, 2024
AI strategy & adoption
9
Management
6
Ignoring AI is like refusing the internet — a career-ending choice.
A play-and-share model builds AI fluency across the whole team fast.
Real leadership finds automation first; hiring more people is the lazy answer.
How to write a Vivid Vision for your company
Cameron Herold
April 29, 2024
Vision & mission
10
Management
6
The CEO must write the Vivid Vision alone — no group input
Describe your company three years out, present tense, qualitative not quantitative
Leave the office entirely; constraints kill creative vision-writing
How to build a vivid vision and grow the people who execute it
Cameron Herold
April 27, 2024
Culture building
8
Vision & mission
8
Delegation
6
A polarising three-year written vision beats any mission statement by committee
Grow leadership skills virally — employees certify each other across silos
Leaders spending 50% growing people create self-managing, self-directing teams
How the best leaders grow by turning blame inward
Cameron Herold
April 22, 2024
Management
8
Resilience & grit
7
Blaming others blocks growth — owning your contribution unlocks it.
Criticism from employees and customers is rare and worth seeking out.
Self-examination after every action compounds leadership growth over time.
How to build visibility and advance your career through self-advocacy
Cameron Herold
April 20, 2024
Public speaking
8
Identity & self-belief
7
Claim your title before anyone gives it to you — like Kawasaki did.
Speaking publicly, even at small events, outpaces any exec who stays quiet.
Writing your own book cements lessons better than reading someone else's.
Relationships, culture, and the second in command: lessons from decades of entrepreneurship
Cameron Herold
April 8, 2024
Culture building
9
Hiring & recruitment
7
Management
6
Caring about employees' bucket lists, not birthdays, drives company growth.
A vivid vision filters hiring: video pitches replace resume stacks.
Hire a second in command only after mapping what drains you vs. fuels you.
Resilience & grit
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How Cameron Herold recovered from three career burnouts
Cameron Herold
April 6, 2024
Resilience & grit
9
Work-life balance
8
Communication
5
Scored 435 on a stress test — above 250 means 90% heart attack risk
Three burnouts share a common cure: physical health and hard work boundaries
Accepting the to-do list never ends is what finally freed his evenings
Growing your people: the 12 core leadership skills every manager needs
Cameron Herold
April 1, 2024
Management
9
Processes & SOPs
5
Most managers have never been trained on the skills they use daily.
Two ladders — skills and confidence — must grow together as the company scales.
Tie leadership certification to pay raises to close the training gap.
Hiring & recruitment
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How to hire, leverage, and replace a COO at the right growth stage
Cameron Herold
March 30, 2024
Hiring & recruitment
9
Management
8
Outsourcing & delegation
6
Wrong COO costs 15x salary; right one returns 4x their cost
Seven distinct COO types — match the type to the growth stage
Every senior hire has a shelf life: two doubles is the limit
How CEOs can energise teams through gratitude, presence, and praise
Cameron Herold
March 25, 2024
Culture building
9
Management
8
Resilience & grit
5
Praise twice for every criticism or new project you assign.
Your state before the meeting determines the energy inside it.
Every business area lead's most important team is the whole company.