Ep. 448 - COO, Titan Restorations, Sami Erhart

Second in Command: The Chief Behind the Chief

Second in Command with Cameron Herold

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management, Careers

4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In today's episode of The Second in Command podcast, co-host Sivana Brewer is joined by Sami Erhart, Chief Operating Officer of Titan Restoration.

During the conversation, Sivana and Sami explore the challenges and breakthroughs that come with embracing innovation in a professional setting. They discuss the natural resistance people have when faced with new tools or approaches, particularly when those changes seem complex or intimidating.

You'll discover a powerful mindset shift that has reshaped the way Sami's organization approaches growth and relationships. She reflects on the importance of prioritizing meaningful connections over short-term gains, even when it means making difficult decisions.

This episode offers valuable takeaways on leadership, adaptation, and making intentional choices that lead to lasting impact.

If you've enjoyed this episode of the Second in Command podcast, be sure to leave a review and subscribe today!

Enjoy!

In This Episode You'll Learn:

Sami's progression through various roles at Titan, including mitigation manager, superintendent, controller, and eventually COO.
The challenges of being a CEO and the experience of stepping up when the CEO, Russ Palmer, was dealing with health issues.
The importance of being open-minded and welcoming feedback from the team when asking for input on the company's vision.
Titan's decision to shed clients that drain energy and resources, focusing on those that are easy, lucrative, and fun.
And much more...

Resources:

Connect with Sami: Website | LinkedIn

Connect with Cameron: Website | LinkedIn

Get Cameron’s latest book "Second in Command: Unleash the Power of your COO”

Get Cameron’s online course – Invest In Your Leaders

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey, it's Cameron Harold, the host of the Second Command podcast. Before we dive in, there's something
0:04.4	you need to know. If you're a C-O-O-V-P operations or you're in any role where you're the second
0:10.0	command to the CEO, the C-O Alliance is the place for you. If you're the integrator to the visionary,
0:16.7	you're going to want to join us. The C-O Alliance is the world's leading community for the second command.
0:22.4	We've had over 500 members like you join from 17 countries to grow their skills,
0:27.5	connections, and confidence.
0:29.1	You'll get the tools, friendships, and a 10x guarantee to ensure that you get your money's worth.
0:34.6	Go to COOalliance.com to learn more and see if you qualify. You can even
0:39.4	book a free call with our team to ask questions. Now let's jump into this week's episode.
0:44.1	The imposter thing, I think it's always going to be there a little bit. It's definitely better than
0:49.0	it was when I first started. And again, I don't want to give away too much, but some of the
0:53.1	questions that were asked before Cameron said that was like the size of your business and revenue wise and employee wise. And obviously there were people in the room that were a smaller company than we were. But then there were a lot of people much larger than we were that still raised their hand. And I'm like, what the hell, you know?
1:12.9	And then you get to talking to this people.
1:15.3	And I'm like, there is no way you should have imposter syndrome.
1:16.2	Like, you're amazing.
1:19.8	You're so much smarter than, you know, all the different things that we think in those conversations.
1:20.4	And I think it took a, you know, a couple years before showing up to those events and being on there where I felt confident to even like raise my
1:29.0	hand or chime in and comment on something.
1:36.6	Welcome to the Second in command podcast, produced by the C.O. Alliance and brought to you by
1:42.4	its founder, Cameron Herald.
1:44.8	In the Second In Command podcast, we talked to top COOs who share the insights,
1:49.5	strategies, and tactics that made them the chief behind the chief.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Second in Command with Cameron Herold, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Second in Command with Cameron Herold and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.