N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2024

Understanding the Role of a Chief Operating Officer A Chief Operating Officer (COO) holds a distinctive and crucial role in the corporate ecosystem. Equipped with a holistic view of the organization’s objectives and a deep understanding of its operations, a COO is often considered the key driver of operational excellence.

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COO Chief Operating Officer Efficiency Operations 366

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2017

While a laudable effort in principle, measuring a company’s tendency to make myopic operating and investing decisions is fiendishly complex. But the other indicators probably pick up legitimate differences in how companies in the sample operate, as opposed to whether they are myopic.

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EPS Metrics Depreciation Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

It became clear that John had succeeded in the past by doing what he knew and operating rather conservatively within his domain. While talented, Alex had come to be known behind closed doors by the moniker “DTM” – difficult to manage. He loved a challenge, and he was comfortable taking risks.

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Agility Emotional Intelligence Learning-by-Doing EBITDA 8