cameronherold

Cameron Herold is a business coach and keynote speaker best known for his work as the business growth guru and Founder of the COO Alliance. He has over 20 years of experience as a COO for several companies including 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, which he took from $2 million to over $100 million in revenue in just six years. Cameron is the author of six books including Double Double, Meetings Suck, and his latest, The Second in Command: Unleash the Power of Your COO.  He also hosts the Second-in-Command Podcast.

In this episode of the Smart Business Revolution Podcast, John Corcoran interviews Cameron Herold, a business coach and the Founder of the COO Alliance, about best practices for hiring and integrating the second in command. They also discuss tips for nurturing a great CEO-COO relationship, when to hire and let go of a temporary COO, and Cameron's influential books.

Cameron Herold, dubbed by Forbes as Today’s CEO Whisperer, is the Founder of COO Alliance, a leading community for ops-minded professionals to help them build better companies and develop revenue and profit-generating ideas. He is a business growth guru and the best-selling author of several books, including Double Double, Vivid Vision, and his latest, The Second in Command.

He has been an entrepreneur for almost 20 years and was second in command at several companies. Throughout his career, Cameron has been the mastermind behind the exponential growth of hundreds of companies. Featured in publications, including Forbes, Inc., The New York Times, and Fortune, he is also a top-rated international speaker and hosts the Second-in-Command podcast, where listeners can tune in for tips and insights from other high-level COOs.

In this episode:

What is the best process for hiring, onboarding, and training your company's second in command? How can you create a trustworthy and mutually beneficial relationship with your COO?

The second-in-command plays a crucial role in the daily operations of a company. From supporting the CEO to acting as an entrepreneur's business partner, a COO helps the business achieve its goals. A valuable and effective second in command must understand and align his or her work with the company's core values, vision, mission, culture, and purpose. This alignment ensures they actively participate in executing the company's objectives and the scaling of the business.

In this episode of the Systems Simplified podcast, Adi Klevit interviews Cameron Herold, the Founder of COO Alliance, about his process for unleashing the power of your second in command. Cameron shares best practices for hiring a COO, tips for delegating work and strengthening the CEO/COO relationship, and how to effectively onboard and train a COO.

REPLAY: Our guest today is a top business consultant, best-selling author of multiple books, and world-renowned speaker, Cameron Herold. He’s the driving force behind hundreds of companies’ exponential growth and he’s directly influenced innumerable businesses through his expertise.

Cameron is the founder of the COO Alliance, author of Double Double / Meetings Suck / Vivid Vision / Free PR / The Miracle Morning for Entrepreneurs. He is also the mastermind behind 1-800-GOT-JUNK?’s amazing growth as their COO plus the adviser to several large companies including a “Big 4” wireless carrier and a monarchy.

In this episode, we discuss how Cameron was groomed to become an entrepreneur at a young age and now uses that expertise to help grow businesses. Cameron shares the focus- faith- effort formula that you need to execute to become a successful entrepreneur.

Listen in to learn how to perfect the art of building a personal brand by design!

Pivotal Questions Asked:

• How does one become an adviser to a Monarchy? 
• What’s a pivotal moment in your life when it all changed? 
• Can you expand on the concept of vivid vision and how often you’re communicating that to your team?
• I noticed that you have a really strong personal brand, how did you go about that process?

In This Episode You Will Learn:

• How Cameron was groomed by his parents to become an entrepreneur and the value of time for him 
• How to create a daily accountability partner to help you get through your goals 
• The three things that he focuses on when attending mastermind events

Connect with Cameron Herold:

 Website: https://cameronherold.com/ 

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The elusive morning routine- we are giving you a simple morning routine that has worked for millions. April recaps the 6 Steps of the SAVERS morning routine from Miracle Morning for Entrepreneurs by Hal Elrod and Cameron Herold. She also shares her personal morning routine kettlebells and affirmations too.

What you will learn in this episode:

• Why is a Morning Routine so important? 
• How to create a 6 minutes morning routine that will change your life
• A simple SAVERS method from Miracle Morning for Entrepreneurs

SAVERS Morning Routine

S- Silence

A- Affirmations

V-Visualization

E-Exercise

R-Reading

S-Scribe

Quotes:

• Never decide in the morning what you are doing. Reduce the friction for the good habit.
• It doesn’t have to be my morning routine, Hal Elrod, Robin Sharma’s- it’s got to be YOURs. There are some things that are directly correlated with success, yes—but if you hate your morning- then you are doing something wrong!
• if your morning was utter chaos, it makes your day feel chaos. There is a better way.
• If you have kids—do yourself and them a favor and get up before them.

You need more time. We can give it to you.

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My guest today is a top business consultant, best-selling author of multiple books, and world-renowned speaker, Cameron Herold. He’s the driving force behind hundreds of companies’ exponential growth and he’s directly influenced innumerable businesses through his expertise.

Cameron is the founder of the COO Alliance, author of Double Double / Meetings Suck / Vivid Vision / Free PR / The Miracle Morning for Entrepreneurs. He is also the mastermind behind 1-800-GOT-JUNK?’s amazing growth as their COO plus the adviser to several large companies including a “Big 4” wireless carrier and a monarchy.

In this episode, we discuss how Cameron was groomed to become an entrepreneur at a young age and now uses that expertise to help grow businesses. Cameron shares the focus- faith- effort formula that you need to execute to become a successful entrepreneur.

Listen in to learn how to perfect the art of building a personal brand by design!

Some Questions I Ask:

• How does one become an adviser to a Monarchy? [1:33]
• How specifically were you groomed to be an entrepreneur? [8:25]
• What’s a pivotal moment in your life when it all changed? [20:41]
• How much vulnerability should a leader bring to the table with their team so that there is  trust and confidence? [25:24]
• Can you expand on the concept of vivid vision and how often you’re communicating that to your team? [27:20]
• What are you telling the businesses that you work with on how to best navigate the COVID-19 season? [36:10]
• I noticed that you have a really strong personal brand, how did you go about that process? [50:05]
• What is the role of a COO and at what point does someone bring on a COO? [52:12]

In This Episode You Will Learn:

• How Cameron got the chance to be a business coach to a Monarchy and the power of putting yourself there [1:44]
• The type of clients he coaches and why he doesn’t work with people he can’t be friends with [5:56]
• How Cameron was groomed by his parents to become an entrepreneur and the value of time for him [8:44]
• How to create a daily accountability partner to help you get through your goals [12:07]
• How to master the art of teaching and encouraging entrepreneurship in your kids [14:26]
• Cameron’s entrepreneurship journey, getting into the mastermind mind world and learning to connect [21:10]
• The three things that he focuses on when attending mastermind events [24:25]
• How to be vulnerable with what you don’t know as a leader while retaining the confidence of your team [25:42]
• The concept of vivid vision- describing your business in a plan that you work towards achieving today [27:27]
• The focus- faith- effort formulae that entrepreneurs need to follow with their businesses for success [31:01]
• The importance of focusing on business growth and investing in sales and marketing during the COVID-19 season [36:34]
• How to use your bipolar as a superpower and the benefits of associating with business owners as a business owner [39:27]
• Understanding the importance of an executive assistant [48:00]
• Cameron’s personal brand built by design and intention [50:17]
• The role of a COO explained as the second in command after the CEO [52:25]
• What being an entrepreneur allows you to do plus some pivot points on how to balance entrepreneurship and life [57:20]
• Cameron’s favorite movie and his plans for the future [1:01:02]

Connect with Cameron Herold:

 Website: https://cameronherold.com/ 

What can you do today? To Be Productive. Effective. Perform at your best. Even now.

Are you struggling to stay focused? If you have the right framework, it takes the guesswork out of Productivity.

Get our FREE mini-series 4 Steps: Doing More in Less Time. Visit http://www.pivot-me.com/4Steps/ to get it TODAY! 

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• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AprilGarciaPivotMe
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theAprilGarcia/
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At the age of 21, Cameron Herold had 14 employees, and by 35, he had helped build his first two $100 million companies. Now a bestselling author and speaker, as well as the mastermind behind the exponential growth of hundreds of companies, Cameron has touched thousands of businesses indirectly through his work. Today he joins the show to discuss how to set the foundation for your vision so that your goals can start becoming a reality.

You can find show notes and more information by clicking this link:  https://bit.ly/3kfhAho 

Learn how to not only become a better leader, but also raise entrepreneurial children.

Cameron Herold is the Founder of COO Alliance, where he masterminds growth that helps his clients double both revenues and profits in three years or less. He is a serial entrepreneur, speaker, and author, and he’s also known as the CEO Whisperer. By the age of 35, Cameron had already built two $100 million companies, including 1800-Got-Junk. 

Cameron is a top-rated international speaker and the best selling author of Double Double: How to Double Your Revenue and Profit in 3 Years, Less and Meetings Suck: Turning One of The Most Loathed Elements of Business into One of the Most Valuable.

In this episode…

When it comes to raising capital, many founders often start their search from friends and family. Well, Cameron Herold says that’s the wrong group of people to start asking from. Instead, it would help if you went after the hard money first, and when you do, you want to make sure that you don’t take the wrong kind of money. 

How do you know which investor’s money to take? Cameron Herold says to use the threat of reference check technique. But what does that entail and how do you ask for help when you’re desperate and feeling vulnerable?

Tune in to this episode of What’s Your Ask with Stephanie Sims as she asks Cameron Herold of COO Alliance about finding the right investor, making an effective ask, and more. Stay tuned.

Basic routines still matter as you are going through change and a bit of disruption in your standard patterns. Focus and great execution will help get you through this period of stress and uncertainty.

Cameron Herold is a business consultant, best-selling author, and speaker. He built two million dollar companies by the age of 35 and grew one of his companies, 1-800-GOT-JUNK? From $2 million to $106 million in revenue within six years. Today, he is the Founder of the COO Alliance.

Cameron publicly announced in January that he would shift 50% of his assets into cash to prepare for a downturn. He has been telling his coaching clients for the last 12 months to prepare for a downturn. It’s important to have a discussion around the ‘what ifs’ before you need to have them.

To react in the moment of uncertainty is very stressful. Cameron recommends that for future crises, it’s important to take some time out of your day every month for a strategic thinking session. Give yourself some space to think about the next 12 months and what might the world look like.

By having a plan, you can become adaptable during an uncertain time. For example, two of Cameron’s speaking engagements canceled. It’s not a big deal to Cameron because he is able to focus on his core plan, which is to grow COO Alliance and to continue on. Instead of freaking out, he is focused on his three-year vision that he is driving towards.

 

Interview Links:

Cooalliance.com

Cameronherold.com

COO on LinkedIn

 

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Episode 15 starts with a promo for 9-year-old author, Kyler Smith's first book "I Define Me" available on Amazon.com. This autobiographical book allows readers to walk in the shoes of Kyler, whose been diagnosed with dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyspraxia. It also empowers children with learning differences and their parents.

Episode 15 then pivots and focuses on 20 reasons why businesses fail. There are more than 20 reasons, this is a list of the top reasons many businesses shared why they failed. Some of the reasons examined are "Lose Your Focus", "Lack Passion", "Ignoring Your Customers", "Burnout" and "Products Aren't User Friendly". Natasha shares various examples of how these things happen and how they can be avoided. She also shared examples from our company, Foreman & Associates, and the lessons that we've learned (and still learning) over the years and even recently.

Tune in now to listen to this extensive examination of these 20 business failure reasons.

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Cameron Herold is the former COO of 1-800-Got-Junk. He helped grow the company from $2 million to $106 million in only six years without any debt or outside funding. He has helped build three $100 million dollar companies.

Today he is a top rated international speaker and he coaches CEOs on steps to multiply their revenue and profit.

He is best selling author of the book-- Double Double: How to Double your Revenue and Profit in 3 Years or Less --which is on its 7th printing.

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:

• [0:37] Jeremy’s introduction of Cameron Herold, author of Double Double and founder of BackPocket COO.
• [1:35] Some fun facts about Cameron.
• [3:23] What did you want to be when you grew up?
• [5:00] Coming from a long line of entrepreneurs.
• [5:17] Lessons learned from his entrepreneurial family.
• [6:24] The value of taking care of your employees.
• [7:00] Working with entrepreneurs that truly care.
• [8:17] Motivating your employees.
• [10:16] The role of R&D.
• [11:18] Hiring systems you found to be really powerful.
• [13:15] The methodology behind finding top talent.
• [14:19] Getting the best employees from other companies.
• [17:24] The connection between College Pro Painter, Cameron, Elon Musk, and Kimbal Musk.
• [18:37] Some innovations that have come across his desk over the years.
• [20:28] Cameron’s connection to Burning Man.
• [22:39] Cameron discusses You Barter.
• [25:32] How Cameron got started in 1-800-Got-Junk.
• [26:32] The vivid vision at 1-800-Got-Junk.
• [29:42] How you can start now to create a vivid vision.
• [30:30] The biggest mistakes people make in creating their vivid vision.
• [31:17] Cameron explains the COO Alliance.
• [32:53] Your vivid vision will attract people and will repel people.
• [34:01] Some cool “war stories” from 1-800-Got-Junk.
• [35:20] Coming up with what your unique ability is.
• [39:00] Cameron discusses his book, Double Double.
• [40:48] Some other books Cameron is working on.
• [41:22] Raising entrepreneurs.
• [42:35] The lowest point for Cameron.
• [44:17] Learning to recognize the symptoms of stress.
• [45:55] One of the proudest moments for Cameron.
• [47:22] Some of the daily rituals that are important to Cameron’s success.

In this episode…

When it comes to building success as an entrepreneur, Cameron is a pro. From a very young age, Cameron had an entrepreneurial mindset. He came from a long line of entrepreneurs, including his father and both grandfathers. From the beginning, Cameron knew this was the life for him. He wanted to create a life of freedom and make a real impact on the people around him. Throughout this chat with Jeremy, Cameron discusses his path to entrepreneurship, including his time at 1-800-Got-Junk, coaching other entrepreneurs, and his best-selling book.

For Cameron, it wasn’t a matter of if he would be an entrepreneur, but when his dreams would come to fruition. He learned valuable lessons from his entrepreneurial family, including how to spot opportunity, taking control of your destiny, and the value of “wowing” your employees. Cameron discusses why it’s so important to take care of your employees and why this is a core value for him today. He also talks about the types of entrepreneurs he coaches and why he’s selective about who he’ll work with.

Cameron goes on to discuss his hiring system and why he focuses on hiring the best people. He shares insight into why he doesn’t believe in motivating employees, but hiring motivated employees instead. Cameron talks about some of his hiring techniques, the interview process, and why he truly focuses on getting beyond the what’s shared in a resume.

Cameron discusses the “Vivid Vision” and offers some tips to help you get started on your own vision. He shares insight into some of the biggest mistakes people make in creating their vivid vision and how to find out more about creating your own. Cameron offers insight into his daily rituals and why it’s been essential to find ways of de-stressing in order to stay focused and enjoy the life he’s created. In closing, Cameron discusses his low point and proudest moments, as well as what it’s like to be able to live the life he’s always dreamed of.

Resources Mentioned on this episode

• www.CameronHerold.com
• Cameron’s books:
• • Double Double: How to Double your Revenue and Profit in 3 Years or Less
  • Meetings Suck

 

 

• The COO Alliance
• College Pro Painters
• 1-800-Got-Junk