Cameron HeroldFounder of the COO Alliance & Invest In Your Leaders Training

How to Build a SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIP Between the CEO and COO

8 Apr 2023 · 1 min

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Short excerpt from a Cameron Herold YouTube talk about building a successful CEO–COO relationship. The speaker frames the CEO as the "chief energizing officer" and public-facing culture leader while the COO handles tough decisions and enforces discipline; both leaders deliberately "shine the spotlight" on one another to enable their respective roles and preserve energy and focus.

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The CEO needs to be the iconic beacon, right? The chief energizing officer. And we need to be able to come in with that good, positive energy for people to follow. And the CEO's job is to be behind the scenes making all the tough decisions and shining the spotlight on the CEO to make them look good. The CEO internally needs to shine the spotlight on the COO to say, hey, Cameron needs to make the tough decisions. I need somebody to be doing the tough stuff. Cameron has to be the hard ass because it frees me up to just be able to think and be a good culture. So you're both shining the spotlight on each other.