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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The six stages franchisees go through and why most fail at stage three
Cameron Herold
June 21, 2025
Business models
8
Hiring & recruitment
6
Retention & loyalty
5
Peak happiness hits day one — then fees and resentment follow predictably.
Breaking away from the franchisor almost never outperforms staying in the system.
The goal: skip rebellion and reach the 'we' stage as fast as possible.
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
How to hire the right COO for your business
Cameron Herold
June 16, 2025
Hiring & recruitment
10
Delegation
6
Your weaknesses define the COO role before anything else.
Good COOs aren't job-hunting — you have to poach them.
CEO and COO belong at the bottom of the org chart, not the top.
What a COO actually does and how to hire the right one
Cameron Herold
June 14, 2025
Management
9
Processes & SOPs
6
Hiring & recruitment
5
COO fit with the CEO matters more than any specific skill set.
Grow people's capacity instead of fixing problems directly.
The COO toggles between strategic oversight and day-to-day execution.
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
How to hire A players using structured interviews and reference checks
Cameron Herold
June 9, 2025
Only hire candidates scoring 4 or 5 on a structured 1–5 scale
The threat of reference check exposes C players before any offer
Video submissions and group interviews filter culture fit before resumes
How CEOs and COOs can work together without getting in each other's way
Cameron Herold
May 31, 2025
Management
9
Delegation
8
Conflict resolution
6
Why CEOs must stop doing the COO's job to unlock their hire
Seagull management quietly destroys a COO's authority and team trust
Most COOs want contribution and autonomy, not the CEO spotlight
Identity & self-belief
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Own your career development before your company does
Cameron Herold
May 27, 2025
Identity & self-belief
8
Productivity & habits
7
Self-funding your own coaching signals worth — employers reimburse it later
Most executives don't know what leadership skills they're missing
Teaching others after learning is what makes skills actually stick
12 Core Manager Skills That Scale Small Companies Without Training Departments
Cameron Herold
May 24, 2025
Management
9
Business operating systems
6
Small companies lack training infrastructure, leaving managers skill-less by default.
Skills and confidence must grow together — one shaky ladder freezes the other.
Train managers on 12 core skills to bronze-silver; untrained staff staying is riskier than trained staff leaving.
How to run effective meetings using a simple framework
Cameron Herold
May 19, 2025
Management
9
Processes & SOPs
7
Meetings don't suck — we've just never been taught to run them.
Book every meeting for half the time you initially plan.
Only invite people who need to contribute, not just be informed.
Founder interviews
YouTube
How leaders can reduce AI fear and build team AI skills
Cameron Herold
May 17, 2025
Founder interviews
10
Copywriting
7
Resilience & grit
6
AI fear is paralysing employees — most won't admit it
Peer-led five-minute AI sharing beats top-down training
Leaders must pause operations to check strategic direction
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
Hiring for culture and performance: getting the right people on your bus
Cameron Herold
May 12, 2025
Hiring & recruitment
9
Culture building
7
Remove cultural cancers immediately — not after months of patience.
A 50% salary recruiting bonus paid over five years finds top talent.
Scorecards targeting proven outcomes outperform job descriptions every time.
12 core leadership skills every leader must develop
Cameron Herold
May 5, 2025
Management
9
Identity & self-belief
6
Most leaders hire and manage with zero formal skills training.
Bronze-level competency across 12 skills beats mastery in one.
How to pitch a mentor so they say yes — without paying them.
How a COO scaled 1-800-GOT-JUNK from $2M to $106M
Cameron Herold
May 3, 2025
Management
8
Case studies
7
Vision & mission
5
The COO role is custom-fitted to the CEO's weaknesses, not a generic position.
A shared 'globally admired brand' vision turned a junk company into a wow machine.
CEO-COO misalignment is felt instantly by the entire leadership team.
How to align your whole team using a three-year written vision
Cameron Herold
April 29, 2025
Vision & mission
10
Culture building
5
A written 4–5 page vision eliminates constant founder direction-giving
Describe your company as it already exists three years from now
Lock the vision for three years; only break for existential pivots
How to run effective meetings with purpose, outcome, and agenda
Cameron Herold
April 26, 2025
Processes & SOPs
8
Management
7
No agenda means no obligation to attend — opt out is a skill
Book every meeting for half the time you first think it needs
Name recurring meetings by purpose, not by who attends
How to build a vivid vision that aligns your entire business
Cameron Herold
April 21, 2025
Vision & mission
10
Management
6
Your employees can't build what they can't see
Write 3–4 bullets per org-chart area, set three years out
MCI Global grew from $106M to $502M using this method