Ep. 343 – The Art of Effective COO Recruitment
Second in Command: The Chief Behind the Chief with Cameron Herold
Second in Command with Cameron Herold
4.9 • 224 Ratings
🗓️ 28 December 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | are never out looking for a job. |
| 0:01.6 | Most great employees have a job, they're working for a pretty good company, |
| 0:04.8 | and you need to entice them away from wherever they're working. |
| 0:07.5 | So the starting point with that is building out a scorecard |
| 0:10.0 | and a job description for that role that is really strong and really polarizes. |
| 0:14.4 | You want a job description that pushes 50% of the people away who they go, |
| 0:17.5 | no way, I don't ever want to work for that company, which really magnetizes and attracts |
| 0:21.2 | the other 50% in. |
| 0:22.4 | The other thing I like doing is getting a copywriter, |
| 0:24.2 | somebody like you, but not quite as expensive, |
| 0:26.1 | who can take that job posting and rewrite it like a sales letter |
| 0:29.2 | so that it pops. Welcome to the Second in Command Podcast, produced by the COO Alliance and brought to |
| 0:41.4 | its founder Cameron Herald. |
| 0:43.8 | In the second in command podcast, we talked to top COOs who share the insights, strategies, |
| 0:49.6 | and tactics that made them the chief behind the chief. |
| 0:53.0 | And now here's your host, Cameron Herald. |
| 1:00.0 | Ever wondered what it takes to be a successful second in command, the person who supports and empowers the CEO? |
| 1:06.0 | This episode discusses the key traits that make an effective to IC. |
| 1:10.0 | The most successful second in commands are driven by their ability to be flexible, adaptable, and |
| 1:16.0 | visionary. |
| 1:17.0 | They help lead the company forward while allowing the CEO to focus on their areas of expertise. |
| 1:23.0 | Next, the conversation shifts to the importance of recognizing the individual strengths of the CEO and the two IC. |
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