Time stamped show notes:
[1:17] Things Cameron is passionate or excited about
[2:33] Most impactful things Cameron is doing – family, pro bono with youth
[3:18] Five Fs; Faith, Friends, Finance, Fitness and Family
[3:27] Lets's 2 of the Five F's slide and focus on 2-3 for a couple of quarters and then recalibrates and picks another
[3:56] How Connor Blakley got him to mentor him
[5:42] A leader's job is to grow people
[6:50] What can people expect if you want to be a COO?
[7:07] COO network – have to be the second in command (title doesn't matter)
[7:29] Learn how to work with the entrepreneurs
[8:04] Tools to figure what people's strengths are: Kolbe
[9:36] Tool #1 : Vivid vision. See the business 3 years into the future.
[9:51] Vision statements don't work. Everyone knows it.
[11:11] The document [vivid vision] gets shared with everyone {suppliers, employees, mangement}
[11:39] Tool #2 : interviewing/selection systems.
[13:02] Tool #3: Focus. Getting employees to be focused.
[14:40] Focus on the critical things
[15:41] People focus on social media, emails, etc. and don't get anything done
[17:18] Finding freelance people who have worked on this previously
[17:39] Key defining moment in his [Cameron] life
[18:44] Being an entrepreneur is about controlling your time
[20:37] Delegate stuff you don't want to work on, say yes to things you want to work on.
[21:30] It's no longer about being the smartest person in the room. It's about knowing the smartest people.
[24:21] No one wants to talk about work. It's about connecting with people
[27:00] You're just one connection away from success
Three key points:
- A leader's job is to grow people
- Delegate stuff you don't want to work on, say yes to things you want to work on.
- Get in the game. Talk to some people.
Resources mentioned:
CommitTo3 – https://www.committo3.com/
Meetings Suck – Cameron's book https://www.amazon.com/Meetings-Suck-Elements-Business-Valuable/dp/1619614146
Last Question:
Getting his book, Meetings Suck, into people's hands. He needs introductions on how to get his book into big organizations.