Being the person behind the scenes requires certain qualities in a person that allow them to put the spotlight on others. Christopher Ian Bennett embodies that role in two important ways. As the President and CMO of Casting Workbook, it is quite literally Christopher's job definition to put the limelight on people. As second-in-command to the […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will encourage othe...
Sep 14, 2020•50 min
Although Critical Access Hospitals are considerably small compared to others and usually found in the most remote places, its healthcare service is never subpar. Plus, it provides excellent opportunities for practitioners to grow and learn, particularly in the field of leadership. Dr. Tiffany Love sits down with Cameron Herold to talk about her experiences in the […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. Thi...
Sep 07, 2020•43 min
Even though print media has waned compared to the giant that is digital media, it will certainly not die anytime soon. To keep such publications alive and relevant, a total shift in workplace culture is needed. Meghan Milkowski joins Cameron Herold in discussing how she started significant changes in the operations at Dow Jones as its SVP, […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will encourage ot...
Aug 31, 2020•38 min
Email marketing is a tried and tested digital strategy to generate leads, and it will stay in the business scene for a long time. It is up to the marketers to come up with fresh ways to make it effective despite the changing trends. Cameron Herold sits down with Brett Pinegar of Liveintent to discuss how they […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will encourage others to listen and grow as a co...
Aug 23, 2020•46 min
Online universities have long been around, but due to the pandemic, it is now needed more than ever. As it takes center stage in the field of education, they are now facing both advantages and challenges in the rapidly-changing market. Joining Cameron Herold is the COO of Claremont Lincoln University, Dr. Joe Sallustio, to share […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will encourage others to listen and gr...
Aug 17, 2020•44 min
Building trust between the CEO and COO is indeed essential in keeping a business alive and kicking. But in addition to that, the trust among leaders and employees must not be neglected. Cameron Herold is joined by Jon Penland, COO of Kinsta, to share how they built and continue to build the feeling of trust […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will encourage others to listen and grow as a community. You...
Aug 10, 2020•45 min
Company acquisition can be a messy transaction, indeed. But if accomplished carefully and accordingly, its returns will be handsome and worthwhile. Sharing his first-hand experience in such a deal with Cameron Herold is Ian Reynolds, the Partner at Zibtek. He details his role in acquiring half of the software development company by explaining how he set it […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This ...
Aug 03, 2020•40 min
People who are second in command must be as good as their bosses and not just act as mere spare tires. Thus, excellent leadership skills are still expected from them, no matter the situation. Cameron Herold sits down with Scott Frisch of AARP to give a peek at his life as its COO. He shares his strategies […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will encourage others to listen and grow as a commun...
Jul 27, 2020•40 min
Our guest is COO Alliance Member Luis Scott, Managing Partner for Bader Scott Injury Lawyers. Many people forget that running a law firm is equally challenging as running a business. Therefore, lawyers in this field encounter the same predicaments entrepreneurs deal with on a regular basis. Exploring this industry even further with Cameron Herold is […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will encourage ot...
Jul 20, 2020•40 min
Thanks to the ever-evolving nature of technology, the tasks involved in running a business become much more manageable and easier each day. By automating business strategies, entrepreneurs can improve their systems in the most significant way and focus on other important matters, both inside and outside the workplace. Cameron Herold sits down with Courtney Waid, […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will...
Jul 13, 2020•36 min
The commercial real estate industry is hit hard by the pandemic, and surprisingly, it continues to overcome the challenges and struggles caused by the lockdown. To explore the current situation, even more, Cameron Herold sits down with Chris Ressa, Chief Operating Officer of DLC Management Corp. They discuss how he joined DLC, how he deals with […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will encourage ot...
Jul 06, 2020•43 min
If the CEO is the one in the company who carries the vision, it is the COO who develops the processes and structures to make that vision a reality. Stringcan Interactive COO, Sarah Shepard sees that line separating her responsibilities from those of the CEO very clearly, allowing both of them to be the best in […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will encourage others to listen and grow as a commun...
Jun 29, 2020•47 min
Rippling is an all in one HR and IT platform that eliminates a lot of the administrative burden required to run a company. Overseeing this disruptive company’s business operations is Matt MacInnis. Formerly the CEO of the mobile learning platform Inkling for nine years, as well as an occupier of various roles at Apple for […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will encourage others to listen and grow as a...
Jun 22, 2020•47 min
There are multiple benefits in outsourcing your company's services overseas and the Philippines is one of the best countries to do it. Full Scale makes the most of this by employing the greater bulk of their workforce from Cebu City, the country's second-largest city. Despite the challenges associated with working in another culture and another time […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will encoura...
Jun 15, 2020•43 min
Our guest is COO Alliance Member Rachel Scava, COO at Fully Accountable. Finance is the profit center of any company and leaders must invest in someone who can focus on this bottom line. If hiring your own CFO isn't feasible, then Fully Accountable is one of your best go-to solutions. Fully Accountable is a full-service accounting […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will encourage others to listen...
Jun 08, 2020•40 min
Our guest is COO Alliance Member Scott Shrum, President and COO at Hennessey Digital. The CEO may be the idea-generator and visionary for the company, but the COO is likely to be the gatekeeper. This is what Scott Shrum is to Jason Hennessey. As Hennessey Digital's COO, Scott filters Jason's entrepreneurial ideas between what should be […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will encourage others to l...
Jun 01, 2020•43 min
Accountability among team members makes a leader's job infinitely easier, but fostering it without micromanaging is a delicate balancing act. Real estate company, Chantel Ray is huge in accountability and goes to great lengths to reward that in its teams. Overseeing the company's operations is the indefatigable Heather Roemmich, a powerful leader who manages to be […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. Th...
May 25, 2020•41 min
The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on all businesses, but it had a particular challenge in store for huge global organizations. Operating across different countries and with more than 1,000 employees, ICT provider, T-Systems has had to engineer a massive pivot just to keep things going. Its success in doing so relies on taking action as […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will encourage others to...
May 16, 2020•43 min
Our guest is COO Alliance Member Victoria Petriw, VP of Operations at Widerfunnel. WiderFunnel is a leading experimentation company that helps enterprise brands make confident business decisions by co-creating insight-driven experimentation programs. In keeping with its brand, the organization needs to have leaders who enjoy thinking out of the box to make things better for […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & revie...
May 08, 2020•43 min
Our guest is COO Alliance Member Michael Fiorenza, COO at Bundren Painting & Drywall. Houston is a boomtown when it comes to construction and companies are reaping the benefits of sustained demand even during the pandemic. A fixture in the city's construction industry since 1984, Bundren Painting & Drywall is well-positioned in its specific niche of […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will...
May 04, 2020•41 min
Our guest is COO Alliance Member Erin Nelson, Vice President, Operations and Organizational Effectiveness at Kindred Bravely. It's seldom the problem that organizations have bad people; it's almost always a case of having good people in the wrong roles. To help avoiding this potentially costly mistake, Southern California maternity and nursing clothing company, Kindred Bravely invests […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest ra...
Apr 27, 2020•40 min
Our guest is COO Alliance Member Kevin Corne, COO at Sullivan & Stanley. The COO's main role is to complement the CEO in order to make sure that the company's mission and goals are being achieved. Sullivan & Stanley COO, Kevin Corne considers himself as the other half beside the organization's visionary, Pat Lynes. The two go […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will encourage others t...
Apr 20, 2020•49 min
Our guest is COO Alliance Member Valerie Rivera, COO of Freedom Street Partners & Investment Executive, RJFS. Market corrections are a normal part of the business cycle and the COO must be ready to lead the team in pivoting whenever the situation calls for it. Valerie Rivera, the COO of Freedom Street Partners & Investment […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will encourage others to listen and ...
Apr 13, 2020•35 min
Our next guest is COO Alliance Member Alex Zerbach, Director of Operations at Carrot. It can be tricky to stand out in the crowded space of real estate marketing, but with the right approach to software, you might just hack your way into dominance. Carrot helps you solve that problem by using a high-level website development […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will encourage others to listen and g...
Apr 06, 2020•35 min
Our guest is COO Alliance Member Jennifer Leech, COO & Founder of Truss. Proper communication is a benchmark of good leadership. Jennifer Leech lives by this principle as the COO of Truss, a software and consulting company that helps teams work together to quickly and securely produce high quality, iterative software. Jen has doubled the performance […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will enc...
Mar 30, 2020•47 min
In this special episode, COO Alliance founder, Cameron Herold answers some burning questions from his audience about growing your business, setting the right internal systems in place, and improving your relationship with your CEO. What are the signs that a company needs a COO? How do you value and identify adaptability in teams? What are […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will encourage others to lis...
Mar 23, 2020•27 min
Second in Command is now on its 100th episode! Since the podcast was launched, Cameron Herold has talked to several COOs and others in the position of the second-in-command to learn and educate others on how to increase their results, improve their business and affirm better communication with their respective CEOs. In this episode, Cameron recaps […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will encourage...
Mar 16, 2020•1 hr 11 min
Background checks will never be the same, thanks to Checkr, a SaaS company that revolutionizes the background checking process by harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to process data impartially. A far cry from the extremely tedious and antiquated processes that has so far characterized the background check industry, Checkr makes it its mission to raise […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. Th...
Mar 09, 2020•45 min
It is inevitable for corporate politics to make a tangible presence, especially in big companies, and it its part of the COO's job to keep it in check so that the company can focus more important things. Tom Wolczik has done a great job in doing this as COO of Group Claims at Hiscox, a diversified […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will encourage others to listen and grow as a community. YouTube - Sec...
Mar 02, 2020•41 min
Our guest is COO Alliance Member Andrew Cederlind, COO at Conversion Logix. Conversion Logix is a digital advertising agency that specializes in driving online shoppers to make offline conversions through their new software, The Conversion Cloud. Holding the post of COO in this company is Andrew Cederlind, a digital marketing expert who joined in 2011 as […] Resources: Subscribe, Rate & Review I'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will en...
Feb 24, 2020•46 min
