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The Secret Skill of Every Great C-Suite Leader | Isaac Tobelen

18 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment, the speaker emphasizes that every C‑level executive must act as a visionary for their specific domain, translating a high‑level vision into actionable direction for their direct reports. The COO, in particular, is described as holding the "vision of the visionary"—a strategic view of how the company should operate combined with the ability to zoom out for big‑picture thinking and zoom in to execute details. The speaker notes that this ability is a muscle that requires effort to develop, but it is highly valuable and deeply fulfilling for a COO.

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At a C level position, everybody's some type of visionary for their specific department. I can see what I want as a cmo, right? But I gotta cast that vision to my marketing director, my media buyer, whoever is underneath me in some capacity. As a C level, if you're holding one, you're a visionary of some type, right? As a coo, you have a vision of how the company should execute and operate. The vision of the visionary, the ultimate vision. So Steam still being able to kind of zoom out and zoom in. Not a skill set I already has. It's a muscle, it drains a lot. But it's such a valuable skill set to be able to see, come down, speak it to life and execute on it. And that's really, really, really, really cool. And I think that's the most fulfilling part of being in the COO position.