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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Long-term planning
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How to set company goals from a three-year Vivid Vision
Cameron Herold
December 28, 2022
Long-term planning
9
Management
6
Annual goals should flow from a three-year written Vivid Vision
Prioritise employee satisfaction over revenue when setting goals
One strategic thrust per year prevents execution from spreading thin
Hiring & recruitment
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Defining the COO role and operations in a growing company
Cameron Herold
December 22, 2022
Hiring & recruitment
7
Processes & SOPs
6
Business operating systems
5
Handing out C-suite titles too early creates salary creep and kills career goals
The COO exists to cover every gap the CEO is weak at or dislikes
Focus on revenue growth over cost-cutting — every problem is solvable with money
How to build a vivid vision and scale a company from startup to 100 people
Cameron Herold
December 16, 2022
Management
9
Vision & mission
8
Hiring & recruitment
6
A four-page future snapshot attracts the right people before you hire anyone.
Untrained managers — not bad strategy — are why companies stall at 30 people.
The CEO job changes completely at every stage from 1 to 100 employees.
How to get free press coverage in three steps
Cameron Herold
December 12, 2022
PR & media
9
Prospecting & outreach
6
Journalists need stories daily — pitching them is doing them a favour.
Phone beats email: one short call outperforms hundreds of press releases.
Rejection is a maybe; persistence landed 170 newspapers in a single day.
Hiring & recruitment
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How to hire and leverage the right COO for your company
Cameron Herold
December 5, 2022
Hiring & recruitment
10
Management
7
Delegation
6
The wrong COO costs 15x their salary — $3–4M per year.
Hire someone who has done the job, not just knows how.
Trust must be total before day one — not built on the job.
How Title Alliance scales leadership development across 40 locations
Cameron Herold
October 25, 2022
Management
8
Processes & SOPs
6
Mandatory enrolment turns leadership training into a cultural standard.
Weekly progress reports create accountability across the whole cohort.
Graduates must commit to one measurable behaviour change before finishing.
Leadership lessons for entrepreneurs: what Cameron Herold would tell his younger self
Cameron Herold
October 6, 2022
Management
10
Work-life balance
8
Processes & SOPs
7
ADD and bipolar traits are entrepreneurial superpowers, not disorders
The CEO's job is growing people's skills and confidence, not doing the work
Your five highest-impact tasks, ranked and calendared, beat every productivity system
How to build company culture, vivid vision, and free PR
Cameron Herold
October 6, 2022
Vision & mission
9
Culture building
8
PR & media
6
A four-page future-state document beats any one-sentence vision statement
Culture lives in people systems and core values, never perks
Cold-calling journalists with one story landed 220 newspaper placements in a day
Building a team that grows itself: culture, skills, and confidence
Cameron Herold
April 15, 2022
Culture building
9
Business operating systems
7
Management
6
Praise employees 2:1 over criticism — most CEOs barely come close
Four corners align your whole company: Vivid Vision, BHAG, purpose, values
Growing skills and confidence in your team beats holding them accountable
Productivity & habits
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Weekly planning system to delegate 80% of your workload
Cameron Herold
February 12, 2021
Productivity & habits
8
Delegation
7
Delegate 80% of your weekly tasks before Monday starts.
Only schedule 5 hours of true project time per day.
Sunday planning in 30 minutes prevents overwhelm all week.
How to consistently increase gross margins in your business
Cameron Herold
February 7, 2021
Pricing strategy
9
Unit economics
7
Processes & SOPs
5
Raise prices at least 2–3% every year, minimum.
Renegotiate supplier costs every six to twelve months — just ask.
Inventory businesses need gross margin × turns to hit 240 or above.
Resilience & grit
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The emotional roller coaster of being a CEO and how to ride it
Cameron Herold
January 26, 2021
Resilience & grit
9
Management
6
Entrepreneurial traits are clinically identical to bipolar disorder symptoms
Each roller coaster stage demands different actions — and forbids others
Crisis of meaning requires unplugging, not pushing through
Productivity & habits
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How to reach inbox zero using the four D's system
Cameron Herold
December 28, 2020
Productivity & habits
9
Processes & SOPs
5
Four D's: delete, delegate, deal with, or drag to a folder
Four deferral folders replace an overflowing inbox permanently
Triage once or twice daily; end every day at inbox zero
Productivity & habits
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Stop being busy and start being productive
Cameron Herold
December 18, 2020
Productivity & habits
9
Vision & mission
6
Busy leaders often produce little — busyness is not productivity
A four-outcome filter cuts projects that don't drive real results
Reverse-engineer from your three-year vision to today's top three tasks
Adding people on social media is not networking
Cameron Herold
December 16, 2020
Collecting LinkedIn connections is not the same as networking
Mastermind groups reliably deliver a 10x return on investment
Real networking means helping people before you ever ask for anything