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

TRUST Between the CEO and COO Means EVERYTHING!

12 Mar 2023 · 0 min

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A short excerpt from a Cameron Herold YouTube video arguing that trust between a CEO and COO must be deeply implicit—so much that each can run different parts of the business without frequent check-ins. Herold uses a "Navy seals" metaphor to describe mutual confidence, and warns that visible doubt or "gut checking" undermines operations and is sensed by the team.

The trust between the CEO and COO needs to be so implicit that you can literally run different areas of the business without almost even needing to check in. Because you just know, like, you're like Navy seals. You know that the other person's got your back. Because if you need to start gut checking and seeing what's happening, all things kind of fall apart. And the team can also sense that as well. The team can see that there's.