Ep. 612 | Fan Favorite | Martell Media CEO Tod Melnyk - You Had Me at the First Slide
What if your job posting was designed to push the wrong people away? In this Fan Favorite episode, Cameron Herold sits down with Tod Melnyk,...
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Second in Command: The Chief Behind the Chief
Welcome to “Second in Command”, hosted by Cameron Herold, where top-level COOs share the insights, tactics, & strategies that made them the Chief Behind the Chief.
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Ep. 611 - Caliza Head of Finance Awa Kone - Make Sure Success Does Not Become Failure
What does it take to build a global team from scratch when a pandemic hits weeks into your new job? In this episode, our co-host, Lindsay Sm...
Ep. 610 - FAN FAVORITE | Scale AI General Manager Melisa Tokmak - I Don't Want a Ladder, I Want an Elevator
What does it take to go from Chief of Staff to running your own business unit before turning 30? In this Fan Favorite episode, Cameron Herol...
Ep. 609 - New Belgium Beer Chief Supply Chain Officer Tom O'Connell - We're a Human Powered Business
What does it take to keep a brewery's supply chain running when a hurricane floods it six feet deep, four days after you start the job? In t...
Ep. 608 - FAN FAVORITE | YPO President and COO Sean Magennis - Lead With a Servant's Heart
Ep. 608 - FAN FAVORITE | YPO President and COO Sean Magennis - Lead With a Servant's Heart What does it take to lead an organization of 27,6...
Ep. 607 - Optomi Professional Services COO Nick Murphy - Our People Are Our Inventory
What happens when a company builds its growth strategy around reviving forgotten small towns instead of chasing the next big metro? In this...
Ep. 606 - Arron Coaching Founder Laurie Aaron - Speak Yourself Into the Room
What does it take to sit at the right hand of three different CEOs, back to back, and make each partnership work? In this Fan Favorite episo...
Ep. 605 - Applied AI Labs COO Mike Fedorov - Autopilot Is the Enemy of Excellence
Most operators never learn to fight autopilot, the quiet enemy of excellence. In this episode, Lindsay Smith sits down with Mike Fedorov, CO...
Ep. 604 - FAN FAVORITE | Former ActiveCampaign President Sameer Kazi - The Financial Skill Most Leaders Skip
How do you walk into a company of nearly 800 people as its first-ever president and win over the ones who wanted your job? We are bringing t...
Ep. 603 - Stemple Creek Ranch GM Conner Hackett - How to Turn One Product Into Five Revenue Streams
What does it really take to turn a single-family ranch into a thriving, multi-stream meat company that families and top chefs trust? In this...
Ep. 602 - FAN FAVORITE | ElevenLabs Lead of Operations Victoria Weller – Why Great Operators Never Wait for the Answer
What does it take to go from astrophysics to running operations at one of the fastest-growing AI companies in the world? In this Fan Favorit...
Ep. 601 - Your First Team
What if the most important team you lead is not the one you actually run? In this solo episode, Cameron Herold tells the story of coaching a...
Ep. 600 - Jarrett Companies COO Mike Wood - The $1M Mistake That Made His Team Stronger
Ever wonder what happens when the COO who scaled a company to $100 million realizes he was the problem? In this episode, Cameron sits down w...
Ep. 599 - Calix COO John Durocher - Why Your Best People May Be in the Wrong Seat
What if the smartest move you can make is to disrupt your own company before a competitor does? In this episode, Lindsay Smith sits down wit...
Ep. 598 - What's the point of a COO?
What is a COO actually for, and why do so many CEOs never figure it out? In this solo episode, Cameron Herold tackles a question most CEOs n...
Ep. 597 - You.com COO Alex Triplett - How To Make or Break a COO in The First 90 Days
What if walking away from the CEO seat was the smartest career move you could make in AI right now? Cameron Herold sits down with Alex Tripl...
Ep. 596 - What Is a COO? The 7 Types Every CEO Needs to Know
What if the most misunderstood role in business is also the one deciding whether your company scales? In this solo episode, Cameron Herold,...
Ep. 595 - Rythmia CMO Dr. Jeff McNairy – How to Lead a Visionary Founder Without Choking the Dragon
What does it take to keep a brilliant, unpredictable founder from burning down the very thing he built? In this episode, Cameron Herold sits...
Ep. 594 - Dark Side of Scaling
What if the parts of building a $100 million company nobody posts about are the ones you most need to hear? In this recast episode, Cameron...
Ep. 593 - Cowboy Space Corporation COO & CLO Joe Yaffe - The Leadership Secrets Powering a $2B Space Revolution
What would you risk to build something that’s never been done, like beaming energy from orbit or launching football-field-sized data centers...