Tag Archive for: COO

Are you getting wholehearted support from the employees?

These ten traits will zoom the support from your employees and you will see your company culture strengthen.

Does senior management value what you do?

Frame what you do in context of value to the organization.

Three ways to open up as a leader.

Ignore books by satish at your own peril.

Fail Not in a Negotiation

Most successful leaders share one trait: they can negotiate skillfully.

Is the C-Level candidate smart?

Signs of an intelligent Leader.

Strengthen Your Mentoring Program

The mentor-mentee relationship is one of give-and-take. For a list of do’s and don’ts, refer to the article “Mentors and Mentees.” To learn how to give or receive feedback, go to “Feedback and Mentoring.”

COO – the “Secret Weapon,” – 2 or 3 parts

The COO agenda focuses on actions only they can take and ensures optimal resource allocation is optimized.

COO – the “Secret Weapon,” 1 of 3 parts

At a speaking opportunity, I asked several senior executives to name the CEOs of Microsoft, Facebook (Meta), Google, and IBM. They all knew the names – Satya Nadella, Mark Zuckerberg, Sunder Pichai, and Arvind Krishna. Next, I asked, “Who are the COOs of the same companies?”

Crickets! No answer.

The CEOs are mostly public-facing and deal with external constituencies and stakeholders. People can name dozens of famous CEOs. But how about COOs? Not so much.

The COO is the “Secret Weapon” of the C-suite, building organizational strength and exemplary employees. …