Finding Your Dream COO and Defining Success for Their Role

Ever feel like your business is outgrowing you?

Like you’re stuck in the daily grind, managing everyone and everything, and somehow still have no time to think big?

Been there. 🙋🏻‍♀️

In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on how I hired my right hand: our Chief Operating Officer (COO)—and what that decision has meant for scaling our business beyond 7 figures.

It all started with a simple question Jade (now our COO) asked me:

“What would make you fire me?”

😳 Cue the mic drop.

And in that moment, I realized… if I couldn’t answer that, I wasn’t leading with clarity.

So we’re diving deep into:

• How I knew it was time to hire an integrator
• What role I hired for before calling her “COO” (hint: humility check)
• The Harvard Business Review article that changed the way I viewed operational leadership
• The one KPI I gave her (yes, one)—and why it works like magic
• The real reason I trust her to lead even when I’m not looking
• How we define success together, not just in numbers but in execution

Whether you’re a 7-figure founder looking to scale to 8, or you're dreaming of finding someone to help carry the load of building a big business with heart—this episode is your guide to making that vision a reality.

Spoiler alert: It’s less about resumes and more about trust, alignment, and execution.

Grab your notebook—you’ll want to jot this down.

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[00:02] How the question “What would make you fire me?” sparked a leadership reflection

[00:08] When I knew I needed a COO—and the chaos that led me there

[00:13] The Harvard Business Review insight that changed how I hire

[00:21] The unusual path I used to test and promote our COO

[00:31] Why I only gave her one KPI—and how it works better than a spreadsheet

[00:38] What my COO does that I could never do myself

[00:44] Questions you should ask yourself before hiring your right hand

[00:54] What would make you fire your COO? Define it—before you need to

Listen to Related Episodes:

• How to Create Team Systems and Operations That Simplify Scaling and Growth
• How to Find and Hire the Perfect COO or Operations Specialist
• Eavesdrop on a Private Call with Me and My Business Mentor

>>Harvard Business Review Article Mentioned<<

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