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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How to recruit, hire, onboard, and grow a COO
Cameron Herold
November 1, 2017
Hiring & recruitment
9
Outsourcing & delegation
6
Vision & mission
5
Hire an EA before a COO — it frees 50% of your time immediately.
A-players aren't job-hunting; you must poach them via a search firm.
After hiring, stop starting things — every idea flows through the COO.
Five rules for running meetings that don't waste time
Cameron Herold
January 27, 2017
Processes & SOPs
8
Management
6
A 10-person meeting can cost over $1,000 per hour.
No agenda, no attendance — the rule that fixes preparation instantly.
End every meeting five minutes early to stay on time all day.
Why COOs need a peer group separate from their CEO
Cameron Herold
October 18, 2016
Management
8
Community building
6
CEOs have communities built for them — COOs have none
Peer groups give COOs tools to distinguish healthy from unhealthy growth
Confidential COO-only settings reveal your problems are widely shared
Replace your mission statement with a painted picture
Cameron Herold
December 5, 2014
Vision & mission
9
Management
5
One-sentence mission statements align no one — they confuse.
Write a vivid 3-page description of your company three years out.
Reverse-engineer that future vision into today's concrete actions.
The painted picture: a vision tool that replaces mission statements
Cameron Herold
October 20, 2014
Vision & mission
9
Culture building
6
Why mission statements fail — and a concrete alternative that works
Write your company's future in vivid detail before reverse-engineering it
Vision acts as a magnet: attracts aligned people, repels the wrong ones
The painted picture: a vivid vision document that replaces mission statements
Cameron Herold
May 21, 2014
Vision & mission
9
Management
6
Processes & SOPs
5
A 3-page vivid description of your company three years from now
Shared vision gives every employee the CEO's leadership intuition
Colour-code sentences quarterly to make progress visible and celebrated
Culture is a choice: using a painted picture to align your team
Cameron Herold
May 6, 2014
Culture building
10
Vision & mission
7
Culture is a deliberate choice, not an accident — Google vs Microsoft proves it
A written 'Painted Picture' of your business three years out aligns people fast
Your vision must repel the wrong people as strongly as it attracts the right ones
How 1-800-GOT-JUNK? ran their daily team huddle
Cameron Herold
February 16, 2012
Communication
8
Processes & SOPs
6
A 10-minute standup replaces disconnected weekly meetings entirely.
Good news first — personal wins create team cohesion fast.
Live numbers vs. goal keep every department publicly accountable.
Business growth tactics: vision, hiring, and culture
Cameron Herold
October 6, 2011
Vision & mission
8
Hiring & recruitment
8
Culture building
7
Write your 3-year vision down so employees can build it
Hire for cultural fit first — skill can be taught, culture can't
Entrepreneurial traits mirror the clinical checklist for bipolar disorder
Identity & self-belief
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Why schools suppress entrepreneurial traits in young people
Cameron Herold
November 11, 2010
Identity & self-belief
9
Motivation
7
Resilience & grit
5
ADHD and bipolar traits are being medicated away in future founders
Networking with the right people beats four years of university debt
Being an employee is riskier than starting your own business
Why awards and third-party validation matter for growing companies
Cameron Herold
November 8, 2010
A great product alone won't build your reputation fast enough.
Awards attract investors, suppliers, and top talent simultaneously.
Filter awards by ROI and alignment with your sales or PR strategy.
How a physical vision wall helped 1-800-GOT-JUNK reach Oprah
Cameron Herold
June 29, 2010
Vision & mission
9
Goal setting
6
A 40-foot wall turned abstract goals into visible, daily commitments
Framing goals as 'Can you imagine?' builds belief instead of pressure
A goal placed on the wall led to an Oprah appearance 14 months later