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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Why every CEO needs a trusted second in command
Cameron Herold
March 7, 2023
Hiring & recruitment
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Management
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Processes & SOPs
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Hire a COO at 100 staff — an EA fills the gap before that
The right COO complements your weaknesses, not your strengths
Employee net promoter score beats every other company metric
Hiring & recruitment
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How to hire, build trust with, and replace your COO
Cameron Herold
March 2, 2023
Hiring & recruitment
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Management
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Outsourcing & delegation
5
Hire a COO who thrives in every area you don't.
COOs are stage-specific — the right hire for $2M is wrong at $100M.
Before any senior operator, hire an executive assistant first.
CEO-COO relationships, scaling systems, and operational leadership
Cameron Herold
February 28, 2023
Management
9
Business operating systems
8
Scaling infrastructure
5
CEO-COO friction is usually a personality mismatch, not a values problem.
Traction breaks at 50 people — know when to switch operating systems.
Delegate 80% of your week before touching a single project yourself.
Hiring & recruitment
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Hiring a second in command to build a life, not just a business
Cameron Herold
February 23, 2023
Hiring & recruitment
9
Work-life balance
8
Delegation
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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
Building strategic alliances and networks to accelerate business growth
Cameron Herold
February 20, 2023
Vision & mission
8
Delegation
7
Founder interviews
6
Masterminds beat stock markets: $250k in rooms returned $2M.
Business class seats have closed six-figure coaching deals.
A strong COO eliminates earn-outs and lifts exit multiples.
Eight practical communication habits for leaders and founders
Cameron Herold
February 13, 2023
Communication
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Management
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Repeat messages until employees start mocking you for it
BCC without telling the recipient quietly destroys team trust
Showing staff your full P&L flips resentment to motivation fast
Hiring & recruitment
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How to hire and leverage a second in command as a founder
Cameron Herold
February 6, 2023
Hiring & recruitment
10
Outsourcing & delegation
8
Long-term planning
5
Your first hire should be an EA, not a COO
Title must match compensation — a real COO earns $300k+
Map every task by unique ability to know what to offload
Eight habits that separate effective CEOs from the rest
Cameron Herold
January 30, 2023
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
Growing your people as the primary lever for scaling a business
Cameron Herold
January 26, 2023
Management
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Hiring & recruitment
6
Processes & SOPs
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Train managers in 12 core leadership skills — or stay stuck herding cats.
Confidence and skill must grow together; neglecting either stalls both.
Hire accountable people; accountability cannot be installed after the fact.
Why job title inflation costs you money and talent
Cameron Herold
January 21, 2023
Management
9
Unit economics
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Inflated titles force you to overpay by hundreds of thousands of dollars
Over-titled employees build unnecessary teams and avoid hands-on work
Keep senior hires at VP level so they have a title to chase
CEO vs COO: roles, responsibilities, and how to work together
Cameron Herold
January 20, 2023
Management
9
Processes & SOPs
5
CEO sets vision and culture; COO turns it into execution
Hire an executive assistant before you hire a COO
The CEO-COO pairing is the most powerful duo in any company
Four metrics that reveal whether your hiring is making you weaker
Cameron Herold
January 18, 2023
Unit economics
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Processes & SOPs
7
Hiring & recruitment
5
Most companies get less efficient with every new hire.
Four ratios expose hidden inefficiency before it becomes a crisis.
Hiring decisions deserve the same scrutiny as $80k marketing spend.
How Apple Tree Answers built a Make-A-Wish programme for employees
Cameron Herold
January 10, 2023
Culture building
9
Case studies
7
A company that grants personal employee dreams — funded internally
Terminal illness, lost jobs, honeymoons: the real dreams it fulfilled
Employees who can't imagine leaving after one granted dream
Why year-end bonuses hurt your team and what to do instead
Cameron Herold
January 5, 2023
Management
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Culture building
6
Year-end bonuses produce a two-week spike, then resentment the rest of the year
Bonuses don't change behaviour — high performers are already working at full capacity
Pay fairly all year; reserve rises for promotions, not the calendar
Reviewing a three-year Vivid Vision: what hit, what missed
Cameron Herold
December 31, 2022
Vision & mission
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Case studies
6
Write the Vivid Vision once — never revise it mid-cycle
Most three-year targets were hit despite COVID setting back membership count
NPS of +75 beats world-class threshold but falls short of the +90 goal