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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Live coaching: scaling a multi-division events business past 30 people
Cameron Herold
December 17, 2023
Processes & SOPs
9
Management
8
Pivoting
6
Shutting an entire division is sometimes the highest-ROI decision available.
The PETA factor: pain and energy costs matter as much as P&L.
Growing five to seven key people is what takes a company to the moon.
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
How to cut sales team attrition with better hiring and onboarding
Cameron Herold
December 13, 2023
Hiring & recruitment
9
Processes & SOPs
7
High sales attrition is caused by poor interviewing, not poor salespeople
Two weeks of structured onboarding beats throwing people into the fire
A 10-obstacle brainstorm turns a 20% failure-rate goal into a 20-point plan
Real estate growth strategies and operational efficiency coaching call
Cameron Herold
December 11, 2023
Delegation
9
Processes & SOPs
8
Long-term planning
6
Seller carry deals unlock acquisitions when interest rates kill cash flow
Mid-level managers default to hiring; training them cuts headcount instead
External coaching is a distraction — coach your own team first
How a COO builds independent problem-solvers instead of answering questions
Cameron Herold
December 4, 2023
Delegation
9
Management
7
Answering questions trains dependency — redirect them back every time
Grow people on two ladders: skills and confidence in parallel
Hiring more people is rarely the fix; self-direction is
How to build a personal brand while working inside a company
Cameron Herold
December 3, 2023
Visibility and public speaking can outweigh profit sharing as retention.
Title inflation means pay and scope must align, not just the label.
Handcraft retention for each key person — money is rarely enough.
Leading with Authenticity: Culture, COO Role, and Scaling People
Cameron Herold
November 29, 2023
Culture building
9
Hiring & recruitment
8
Delegation
6
Genuine personal care for employees drives harder work than any incentive.
The COO is the brakes to the CEO's gas — hire one who handles what you can't.
Stop motivating people; hire self-motivated ones and reverse-engineer their goals.
Why your business feels hard: your team lacks basic management skills
Cameron Herold
November 27, 2023
Management
9
Hiring & recruitment
6
95% of managers have never been trained to interview
Untrained teams default to hiring as the fix for every problem
Email, meetings, delegation — fixable with training most skip
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
How to build and retain a COO as your company scales
Cameron Herold
November 26, 2023
Hiring & recruitment
8
Management
7
Scaling infrastructure
5
Most COOs hit a ceiling after two company doubles
A COO must be strong where the CEO is weak
Visible founder confidence keeps a COO from freezing under pressure
Business operating systems
YouTube
How CEOs balance entrepreneurial energy with vision, family, and business structure
Cameron Herold
November 22, 2023
Business operating systems
9
Management
8
Resilience & grit
7
Bipolar traits and ADD are entrepreneur superpowers — if you manage the downside
Separate business units with their own vision or you'll lie to yourself about performance
Write a vivid vision for your marriage before scaling kills it
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
Hiring the right COO for each stage of company growth
Cameron Herold
November 20, 2023
Hiring & recruitment
9
Long-term planning
5
The COO who scales you to $100M can't take you to $450M.
Match the COO to your stage, not just their resume.
Two early-stage COO types: the partner and the confidant.
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
How to define and hire the right COO for your business
Cameron Herold
November 19, 2023
Hiring & recruitment
10
Delegation
8
Vision & mission
6
Hire for your exact weaknesses, not a generic COO template
Leaning three years into the future sharpens the brief dramatically
CEO and COO belong at the bottom of the org chart, not the top
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
When to hire a COO — and when not to
Cameron Herold
November 15, 2023
Hiring & recruitment
9
Outsourcing & delegation
5
Try an EA, functional heads, or fractional COO first
Only hire a COO when multiple functions are overflowing simultaneously
A bad COO hire costs $250k+ and triggers organisational upheaval
How companies must restructure leadership as they scale
Cameron Herold
November 13, 2023
Management
9
Business operating systems
6
Managers who got you to 30 employees won't get you to 100
Co-founders hitting their ceiling need a new seat, not removal
Past 50 people, COOs must shift from tiebreaker to facilitator
Hiring, culture fit, and building leadership systems at a 40-person agency
Cameron Herold
November 12, 2023
SEO
9
Content marketing
8
Email marketing
6
Why cultural fit must outweigh skills when hiring senior outside leaders
Most founders have unknowingly run every interview wrong
Delegate everything — including to people who aren't ready yet
How to scale a virtual real estate brokerage: culture, recruiting, and retention
Cameron Herold
November 8, 2023
Culture building
9
Hiring & recruitment
8
Management
7
Happy agents recruit agents — systems alone will never scale a brokerage.
A recruiting bonus must feel winnable at three houses a year, not eight.
CEO vulnerability energises a COO; it terrifies everyone else.