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🗓️ 5 June 2025
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In today's episode of the Second in Command podcast, Cameron is joined by Jonathan Abrarpour, COO Alliance member and COO of Empower Pharmacy.
Listen as Jonathan reflects on the challenges of managing growth and opportunity within a rapidly evolving organization. He explores the delicate balance between chasing expansion and maintaining focus, revealing how saying "no" can be just as crucial as saying "yes." The discussion uncovers the nuanced strategies behind prioritizing projects, aligning team goals, and managing distractions—all essential skills for sustaining momentum without losing sight of the bigger picture.
You'll discover the complexities of building an effective management system that encourages autonomy while maintaining accountability. Get a peek into how teams coordinate, make capital investment decisions, and refine processes to avoid unnecessary bloat. Jonathan also shares candid thoughts on the ever-present struggle to improve productivity, emphasizing a culture built on quality, efficiency, and mindset—one that demands getting things right the first time.
This episode offers insights on the evolving nature of leadership, the importance of hiring the right people, and the journey toward doing less but accomplishing more.
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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 you need to know. |
0:05.5 | If you're a C-O-O-V-P operations or you're in any role where you're the second-in-command to the CEO, |
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0:34.6 | Go to COOalliance.com to learn more and see if you qualify. |
0:39.0 | You can even book a free call with our team to ask questions. Now let's jump into this week's |
0:43.3 | episode. You know, the traditional model of going through, you know, what a urologist would have, |
0:48.1 | you know, eventually when you made your way to urologist as a patient, right? Let's say you're a male. It takes a long time to go to general doctor, |
0:55.3 | to then she points you to a urologist, and the urologist could take a panel, right, of your blood |
0:59.9 | and kind of figure out everything all at once. But really, as a patient, you're only really going |
1:03.9 | for one use. And the way the healthcare system works is the practitioner, in this case, |
1:08.3 | a urologist, can only do one indication at a time, where they |
1:12.4 | could see a whole list of what the problems really were. |
1:20.5 | Welcome to the Second in Command podcast, produced by the C.O. Alliance, and brought to you by its founder, |
1:28.4 | Cameron Harold. In the Second inO. Alliance and brought to you by its founder, Cameron Harold. |
1:34.9 | In the second in command podcast, we talk to top COOs who share the insights, strategies, and tactics that made them the chief behind the chief. And now, here's your host, Cameron Harold. |
1:44.9 | Our guest today is COO Alliance member and Empower Pharmacy's C.O. Jonathan Abrepour. |
1:50.5 | Jonathan earned his Bachelor Science and Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University |
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