Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Several successful entrepreneurs, from Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg to Nike founder Phil Knight, credit their MBA education for developing their passion and grit. Network With Other Entrepreneurs The most successful entrepreneurs deeply understand the industry in which they operate and can turn their ideas into thriving businesses.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Step 4: Operations alignment. If we observe an organization in the transformation process as an airplane flight: The CEO is the pilot, COO/CFO & other executives are co-pilots, and the Chief Transformation Officer is the air traffic control in charge of the safe, orderly, and expeditious flight. Step 2: Culture alignment.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2020

A radiotelephone operator (RTO) carried the 20-pound radio and talked on the field commander’s behalf—the reason: enemy snipers looked for signs to identify the leader as their first target. She was the COO of a large company; this was their leadership conference. Southwest’s success is legendary. Be Boldly Genuine.

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Power Airlines COO Bottom-up 319

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2022

Janet Dell is President and COO of Freeman, where she leads all Freeman business operations across the globe. Prior to leading Marsh Clearsight, Janet served as Marsh’s COO of Global Sales, where she was responsible for driving organic growth. ” How can you apply a beginner’s mindset to your business?

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COO Supply Chain Globalization Learning-by-Doing 130

Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Because Southwest Airlines seems to have the worst, most outdated operating technology in the industry. Company COO, Andrew Watterson, explained their scheduling software could not match available crews with planes quickly enough. Too often, information technology and operational tools are minimized as costs to be controlled.

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Airlines Leadership Short-term Long-term 188

Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Because Southwest Airlines seems to have the worst, most outdated operating technology in the industry. Company COO, Andrew Watterson, explained their scheduling software could not match available crews with planes quickly enough. Clearly, excessive cost control at the risk of the companies operational foundation played a role.

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Airlines Leadership Short-term Long-term 130

Leading Blog

MARCH 5, 2021

His wide-ranging experience—as a Navy SEAL, a White House Fellow, Chief of Staff and COO at Bridgewater Associates, and Head of Strategic Operations at Cognizant Technologies, among other roles—made his insights even richer. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *.

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Agility COO Short-term Belief Systems 307

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2019

The leadership competency of team coach creates a way to uncover the team dynamics that hold the team back from operating at its best. * * * Phillip Sandahl , the internationally renowned bestselling author of Co-Active Coaching and the CEO of Team Coaching International (TCI) and Founding Partner / COO of TCI, Alexis Phillips are authors of the new (..)

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Team Leadership Styles COO Open-book 241

Center for Creative Leadership

JUNE 2, 2020

They carry titles such as vice president or senior director and have responsibilities for one or more functions — such as sales, marketing, finance, operations, engineering, technology, legal, and human resources. They run business units and geographic regions.

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Self-aware Leadership COO Influence 83

Leading Blog

MARCH 21, 2011

Robert Herbold, former COO of Microsoft, says that lack of courage is what destroys companies. I think we are seeing too much of this core issue and what we end up with is operational complexity and lack of innovation and forward momentum. In example after example, what is holding companies back is consistent, courageous leadership.

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Six Sigma COO Leadership Constraint 280

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Does your company have a COO today? Does your COO have the best shot at becoming the next CEO? Few European companies have COOs, although their numbers appear to be growing. Of the 97 largest listed companies in the UK and the Eurozone in 2010, only 37 had a COO in their executive ranks.

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Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Jay Woo , CAA South Central Ontario’s Chief Operating Officer offered up this piece of advice: “Stay connected to your front line.” 2 Responses to Fast Friday with Jay Woo, COO, CAA South Central Ontario John Doe | January 4, 2011 at 3:05 PM | Funny stuff. RoundtableTalk Where ambitious leaders meet. Skip to content Home Welcome!

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COO Chief Operating Officer Blog Godin 28

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2015

The CMO and COO are the natural partners for turning this around. If it’s all about the operations then you lose sight of the customer. ” While the CMO and COO have a good track record of collaborating in certain areas, a certain tension has long defined the relationship.

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CO2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Notice in the example I’ve provided below (which is organized by function) how the CEO has the COO promotion ready, and the COO has two possible candidates (both the CFO and the VP of Operations) and has chosen the VP of Operations.

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Leadership Styles COO Learning-by-Doing Planning 87

CO2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Notice in the example I’ve provided below (which is organized by function) how the CEO has the COO promotion ready, and the COO has two possible candidates (both the CFO and the VP of Operations) and has chosen the VP of Operations.

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Leadership Styles COO Learning-by-Doing Planning 78

Scott Mabry

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

We were starting up a brand new operation and there were only about 6 employees on the team. I focused on connecting, building trust and participating in the process of learning our new operation while establishing simple and clear expectations. I figured at least I knew what not to do. The simple, human elements of leading.

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COO Banking Learning-by-Doing Uncertainty 40

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 19, 2017

” She apparently operated in an environment where her role was defined by her title, which commanded respect, expertise and positioning of her patients. I introduced myself as “Jaco”, and she replied “please to meet you, I am doctor Bloos”, referring to her surname.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 8, 2011

With such a diverse clientele, employees cannot simply operate by choosing from a limited number of preselected solutions to guest requests. Simon Cooper, president and CEO of Ritz-Carlton, calls this “scriptless service”. They are a method of “aligning groups of people so they achieve common goals.”

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Mike Cardus

JULY 11, 2011

. · Working with a financial service group that was facing the challenge of regulations changing the amount of fair-share revenue they could claim as their total profit.

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Team Building TRIZ Succession Team 94

HR Digest

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Vincent Chee: I am working with our COO Roni Gross and Director Naomi Hung to determine Bevel’s timeline within 6-months, 1 year and 2 years. We have shown that we can operate remotely and have sensitivity to that as a firm. The HR Digest: What are some short- and long-term goals for your position with Bevel?

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Diversity PR Long-term Short-term 52

Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 23, 2015

Victor Prince: As the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the U.S. To learn more about the framework behind this methodology, you can read Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide their Teams to Exceptional Results by Victor Prince and Mike Figliuolo.

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Team Micromanagement Chief Operating Officer COO 120

CO2

JULY 25, 2011

Gary Carter, COO of the company that produces “American Idol,&# says that producers who break the rules do so at their own peril. Gary Carter Bio: Gary Carter is chief operating officer of FremantleMedia, one of the largest international creators and producers of entertainment brands in the world, including “American Idol.”

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Chief Operating Officer COO Audience Simon 94

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Whereas most of the workers recruited via platforms such as Mechanical Turk operate as independent contractors, at Samasource, they are full-time employees with salaries and benefits. ” Sourcing the right way. Time will tell how effective they prove to be.

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Design by 12GrainStudio Leadership Solutions Focus in Practice Wednesday, November 03rd, 2010 Posted by: mike Working with a leadership team of 5 people including the COO of the organization. Powered by WordPress. People started to say, we are already doing all these things, we are there.

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Leadership COO Team Building Active Listening 125

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2020

Who would be CFO or COO? For instance, if you’re a technical wizard, it might be wise to consider bringing with you people with business or operational skills. Another study , from researchers at Imperial College London, explores how the distribution of roles among the founding team is undertaken. Who would be CEO?

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Team Entrepreneur COO CFO 89

Strategy Driven

MAY 20, 2019

Implementation is different to theory and ideas, so you need to be able to bring operational performance and many other skills to the table. According to some experts, new college graduates often make five brutal mistakes as they try to navigate their own potential new enterprise. About the Author.

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Self-aware Entrepreneur COO Banking 58

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

CEOs/COOs are looking at the wrong data…they look for trends while or after they happen, not searching for clues before they happen. The focus of these short-sighted bean counters incorrectly place cost savings ahead of the customer experience.

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Blog CRM Management Brand 273

Steve Farber

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

During Van Gorder’s first six months at Scripps–when he was still COO–he found himself sitting in the back of a meeting room as the CEO at the time struggled to provide direction to the distressed staff of a nearly failing hospital. Look for and encourage hidden talents. Be caregivers.

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CEO Leadership COO Tips 83

LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Derek Murphy is President and COO of The Booth Company, an international provider of 360 assessments and online survey hosting solutions. Derek is responsible for planning and implementing the strategic direction of the company, as well as overseeing the day-to-day business operations for The Booth Company.

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Leadership Open-book COO Short-term 114

Women on Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Christina Shi is the Chief Operating Officer at Nike, Inc. The movement into a more operational and administrative role, combined with her past experience as director and partner were some of the key points that drew Nike to offering her a job. Through her career, Christiana has taken a lot of risks.

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Power McKinsey Chief Operating Officer Career 205

LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Derek Murphy is President and COO of The Booth Company, an international provider of 360 assessments and online survey hosting solutions. Derek is responsible for planning and implementing the strategic direction of the company, as well as overseeing the day-to-day business operations for The Booth Company.

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Leadership Open-book COO Short-term 109

Steve Farber

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

” Stephens joined Marco’s Pizza in 2004 when it was a successful but regional chain operating 110 stores in three states. Now, he’s the president and chief operating officer for Marco’s (and was featured earlier this year on CBS’ Undercover Boss ).

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Chief Operating Officer How To COO Motivation 40

The Idolbuster

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Prior to his current (and second) stint as CEO, Harry was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of a technology company in Silicon Valley I’ll call “ScorpCo*”. And, we saw how Harry went about changing a “negative, finger pointing, aggressive culture.”

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 23, 2018

I was hired by a multi-millionaire entrepreneur to be the COO of a 600,000 customer cable company. I joined a different Cable TV company not long after I got fired, and worked my way up to a SVP of Operations role for some cable networks in the Rocky Mountain west of the US, with 300,000 customers scattered around 4 states.

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Leadership Learning-by-Doing COO Follow-up 181

Surviving Leadership

OCTOBER 29, 2018

At this meeting, employees heard from the CEO, CHRO, General Counsel, COO, CFO, CMO, and any business leaders spearheading a major initiative. Visibility to all parts of the business: Because not all employees could go on ride alongs, new employees learned about the business in new hire orientation.

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CFO P&L Call Center COO 58

Steve Farber

JANUARY 6, 2017

You fascinate me, Cam,” Agnes cooed. When I first met him, Dick was running the check processing operation in the bank’s corporate facility. It was the closest thing a bank has to a manufacturing operation and it had an ethnically diverse, primarily blue-collar employee base. Chapter 23. Excuse me?”. You heard me, fascinate.

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Banking COO Morale Learning-by-Doing 60

Steve Farber

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

During Van Gorder’s first six months at Scripps–when he was still COO–he found himself sitting in the back of a meeting room as the CEO at the time struggled to provide direction to the distressed staff of a nearly failing hospital. Look for and encourage hidden talents. Be caregivers.

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CEO Leadership COO Tips 40