Ep. 477 - The Feedback Revolution: Crafting a Culture of Real-Time Growth

Second in Command: The Chief Behind the Chief

Second in Command with Cameron Herold

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management, Careers

4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode of the Second in Command podcast, Cameron explores creative and impactful ways to enhance team communication and alignment during planning sessions and retreats.

You'll discover an engaging, visual icebreaker that encourages self-reflection and team bonding, revealing personal insights and shared aspirations. From there, the conversation shifts to a powerful feedback exercise designed to foster transparency and personal growth within leadership teams.

Cameron offers insights into strategic goal-setting and execution. You'll hear about a structured process for translating big-picture objectives into actionable projects, emphasizing the importance of prioritization and cross-departmental collaboration.

Through a blend of proven exercises and real-world examples, this episode will provide you with the tools to foster more effective leadership and create a clearer path toward organizational success.

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In This Episode You'll Learn:

A fun and engaging exercise that uses visuals instead of words to help team members share personal insights, strengthen connections, and align on goals for an event or planning session.
A proven approach for defining company-wide objectives, ensuring that key projects are aligned with long-term success while avoiding common pitfalls like overcommitment.
How different business areas can work together to refine and commit to core projects, preventing bottlenecks and maximizing efficiency.
The challenges leaders face in managing competing priorities and how the ability to say no — or not yet — can be the key to long-term organizational success.
And much more...

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Cameron Harold, the host of the Second Command podcast. Before we dive in, there's something
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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 leadership team is signing off on the goals for the year. So when the leadership team is coming
0:48.7	up with those four goals, the employee net promoter score, customer net promoter score,
0:53.1	profit and revenue.
0:55.9	And we're all discussing and debating.
0:59.1	And there's ways that you can use it to have them set bigger goals.
1:02.5	As an example, I would sit down with all the leadership team and say,
1:06.8	grab a Post-it note and write down on your Post-it note what you think our revenue could be in three years.
1:08.3	And everybody writes it down on a Post-it note.
1:10.2	And then you read it out and you take the average and all of a sudden it's bigger than
1:13.6	you probably thought it was going to be.
1:15.6	Welcome to the Second in Command podcast, produced by the C.O. Alliance and brought to
1:25.6	you by its founder, Cameron Herald.
1:28.5	In the second in command podcast, we talk to top COOs who share the insights,
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