Second in Command: The Chief Behind the Chief with Cameron Herold EP. 00 – Cameron Herold, Founder of COO Alliance
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Apr 6, 2018 A lively tour of operational leadership, from franchise training to scaling systems at a $106M company. Stories about becoming the go-to operator and building a network for seconds-in-command. Discussion of coaching CEOs, founding a COO community, and practical tools from several leadership books.
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Operators Need Their Own Content
- Operators need different content than entrepreneurs receive at conferences and in media.
- Cameron Herold realized operator-focused, execution-level learning was missing and felt out of place at entrepreneur events.
Being 'The Cameron' Revealed
- After a Gazelles talk someone told Cameron people had been saying "I need a Cameron" for years.
- He realised he was the archetype behind those requests: the integrator who makes a visionary's dreams happen.
Franchise Training Sparked Operational Skills
- At 20, Cameron ran a College Pro Painters franchise and managed 12 full-time employees his first summer.
- The franchise taught templated, systemized skills that shaped his operational career.
