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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Hiring & recruitment
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Why even top executive hires fail without proper onboarding and fit
Cameron Herold
March 23, 2024
Hiring & recruitment
9
Culture building
6
Abdicating instead of delegating turned a star hire into a failure
The right COO depends on company stage, not just credentials
Most founders have never been trained in the basics of hiring
Founder interviews
YouTube
How entrepreneurial identity, peer communities, and servant leadership drive long-term success
Cameron Herold
March 17, 2024
Founder interviews
9
Culture building
6
Identity & self-belief
5
Investing $500k in masterminds returned 10X — here's why
The COO role is whatever the CEO can't or won't do
Caring about employees as humans outperforms every retention tactic
How to write and roll out a Vivid Vision for your company
Cameron Herold
March 13, 2024
Vision & mission
9
Culture building
6
Long-term planning
5
Why a one-sentence vision statement will never align your team
Three years is the only horizon that creates real momentum
Roll out to leadership first, customers last — order matters
Turning earned media into compounding growth with the digital trifecta
Cameron Herold
March 10, 2024
PR & media
9
Paid ads
6
Content marketing
5
50 podcast appearances mean nothing without a resharing system
Reshare every press hit 3–4 times a year — audiences forget
Paid retargeting turns your press page into a social proof engine
How genuine employee care drives productivity and company growth
Cameron Herold
March 8, 2024
Culture building
9
Remote teams
6
Happy employees accept more work without burning out or pushing back
A fully remote company built elite culture years before COVID by ignoring physical space
Knowing someone's dreams matters more than knowing their birthday
Seven skills every effective COO must have
Cameron Herold
March 6, 2024
Management
9
Delegation
6
The right COO depends entirely on who the CEO is.
People skills — conflict, coaching, collaboration — are non-negotiable.
CEO must invest in the relationship like a marriage, not a role.
How to run multiple companies without stealing from each
Cameron Herold
March 3, 2024
Management
9
Processes & SOPs
7
Cash flow management
5
Each company needs its own team and budget before you step back.
Two or three visible metrics per function; the rest stay hidden.
Leaders who speak last get better ideas from their teams.
Marketing agencies should work on full commission, not retainers
Cameron Herold
February 28, 2024
Unit economics
8
Influencer & partnerships
7
Business models
5
If an agency won't work on commission, it can't prove ROI
All risk stays with the client when retainers are involved
Commission-only agencies exist — finding one is a win
Employee obsession as the real driver of business growth
Cameron Herold
February 26, 2024
Culture building
9
Management
8
Delegation
6
Employee happiness outranks customers and revenue as your top priority
Flip the org chart: CEO at bottom, frontline staff at top
CEO's real title is chief energising officer, not executive officer
Live coaching session: scaling a multi-market engineering firm
Cameron Herold
February 21, 2024
Management
9
Outsourcing & delegation
8
Long-term planning
7
Acquire baby boomer-owned firms by removing earn-outs, not negotiating price
Your data and IP may be worth more than your engineering services
Briefing recruiters for days, not minutes, is what gets results
How to onboard a COO: the 90-day framework
Cameron Herold
February 18, 2024
Management
9
Processes & SOPs
7
Hiring & recruitment
5
Acting before 60 days is almost always a costly mistake.
The CEO must share a vivid vision or the COO can't execute.
A personal operating manual eliminates ambiguity about how to work with the COO.
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
Why every visionary CEO needs a COO as their operational counterpart
Cameron Herold
February 14, 2024
Hiring & recruitment
9
Management
8
80% of CEO time is spent on draining tasks a COO should own
A well-hired COO returns 5–10x through freed CEO capacity
CEOs and COOs have opposite personality profiles — that gap is the point
Hiring & recruitment
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How to hire, support, and transition a COO at each growth stage
Cameron Herold
February 11, 2024
Hiring & recruitment
9
Management
7
AI tools & automation
5
Most COOs can only sustain two company doubles before hitting their ceiling.
Pay for the actual role scope — not the aspirational title you post.
When the fit expires, a clean exit beats a demotion almost every time.
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
How to attract top talent with polarizing job postings and vivid vision
Cameron Herold
February 7, 2024
Hiring & recruitment
9
Culture building
8
Processes & SOPs
6
Require a video application to cut 200 resumes down to 9
A vivid vision makes culture a self-selecting hiring magnet
Core values only work if breaking them is a fireable offense
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
How to hire a COO: scorecard, search, and interview process
Cameron Herold
January 31, 2024
Hiring & recruitment
10
Processes & SOPs
6
Pricing strategy
5
Wrong COO hire costs up to 15x their annual salary
Top candidates are employed — you have to poach them
Know everything about your hire before day one, or you interviewed badly