Cameron is known around the world as THE BUSINESS GROWTH GURU. He is the mastermind behind hundreds of companies’ exponential growth. He built a dynamic consultancy and his current clients include a ‘Big 4’ wireless carrier and a monarchy. He earned his reputation as the business growth guru by guiding his clients to double their profit and double their revenue in just three years or less.

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Resources Mentioned:

Your Big Idea: Successful Entrepreneurs have One Big Idea. Follow JLD’s FREE training & you’ll discover Your Big Idea in less than an hour!
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Cameron Herold – Cameron’s website
Double Double, Meetings Suck and The Miracle Morning for Entrepreneurs – Cameron’s books
The Mastery Journal – Master productivity, discipline and focus in 100 days!
Free Podcast Course – A free 15-day course on how to Create, Grow & Monetize YOUR Podcast!

3 Key Points:

Entrepreneurs need to share their vision effectively with their team so that the team can HELP make it happen.
Meetings do NOT suck, we just suck at running them—try not to over-invite and show respect by showing up on time.
The COO’s job is to make the CEO’s dream a reality.

Time Stamped Show Notes

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[00:15] – The Mastery Journal – Master productivity, discipline and focus in 100 days!
[01:06] – Cameron is married, has four kids, grew up in an entrepreneurial family, and is also married to one
[01:35] – Cameron was a guest on EOFire Episode 337
[02:17] – One BIG and Unique Value Bomb: I help entrepreneurs reverse engineer their dreams
[02:40] – Entrepreneurs need to share their vision in a clearer way to their employees, customers, and suppliers
[03:13] – The Vivid Vision Document helps everyone conspire to make their dream happen
[03:26] – JLD asks Cameron why meetings are horrible
[03:41] – Cameron wrote the book Meetings Suck because one of the CEO’s he was coaching said his meetings were terrible
- [04:02] – Meetings do not suck, people suck at running them
[04:09] – A good meeting involves people knowing what the agenda is and letting them join or leave it depending on what is being talked about
[04:34] – Ryan Levesque’s Mastermind, in Puerto Rico, played a video about meetings
[05:22] – Every meeting has to start exactly on time, but to do that, every phone call or meeting before that should be done five minutes early
[06:11] – Being on time shows respect to everyone involved in the meeting
[06:26] – The most critical meetings every company needs:
- [06:40] – Annual retreat
- [07:19] – Quarterly retreat
- [07:21] – Monthly financial meeting
- [07:37] – Monthly strategy meeting (or weekly for high growth companies)
- [08:04] – One-on-one coaching meetings
- [08:22] – Stand-up company meeting, which is done every day for just 7 minutes
[08:56] – Over-inviting people to meetings is a result of not wanting to hurt other people’s feelings
[09:48] – The COO Alliance is the only network of its kind in the world for the second-in-command
- [10:30] – They hold four events every year
- [10:58] – There was never a group for the second-in-command
[11:34] – The COO’s job is to make the CEO iconic and help them build their brand
[12:51] – A good COO should make the vision of the CEO actually happen
[13:36] – Cameron’s books are Double Double, Meetings Suck, and The Miracle Morning for Entrepreneurs
[13:47] – Check out Cameron’s website
[14:15] – We make money so we can enjoy life, be with our family, and engage in our hobbies
[15:31] – Free Podcast Course – A free 15-day course on how to Create, Grow & Monetize YOUR Podcast!