How to be a Chief Operating Officer Quotes

“Suggested outline of a strategy document Once you have devised the strategy, you’ll need to explain it to the organisation by writing a strategy document. Below are the key elements it should contain: Where the organisation has come from The successes it has achieved thus far The changing environment and context in which it operates The vision for the future The unique role that the organisation plays The specific strategies that will get it there The timelines The challenges How you’ll measure success The role the organisation’s people play The role of the support functions”
― Jennifer Geary, How to be a Chief Operating Officer: 16 Disciplines for Success

“Too obsessed with day-to-day coverage, too easily blown off track by day-to-day events, they have a tendency to flit from issue to issue, rarely engaging with them fully and rarely joining up their various responses into a considered overall approach.”
― Jennifer Geary, How to be a Chief Operating Officer: 16 Disciplines for Success

“looking grey and tired, first to arrive and last to leave, if you repeatedly miss family events, lose your good humour and your perspective, your staff will think that’s what you expect of them too, no matter what you say. Lead by example. Decide, right now, that you’re going to work hard and to have a good life.”
― Jennifer Geary, How to be a Chief Operating Officer: 16 Disciplines for Success

“Two of the greatest gifts you can give your organisation are clarity of strategy and an environment conducive to operational excellence. Cleaning up the change portfolio, sequencing things instead of doing them all at once, and closing down legacy projects will free up your talented people to deliver. It will release and supercharge your organisation. Staff will appreciate regaining the ability to do a good job nobody likes being forced to do a hundred things at once and doing them badly. Most people want to deliver something of quality. They derive satisfaction from that – give them back that gift.”
― Jennifer Geary, How to be a Chief Operating Officer: 16 Disciplines for Success

“Aiming for the top: A guide for aspiring COOs and their organizations”, EY (Ernst & Young)”
― Jennifer Geary, How to be a Chief Operating Officer: 16 Disciplines for Success

“Complex IT Project Management: 16 Steps to Success” by Peter Schulte.”
― Jennifer Geary, How to be a Chief Operating Officer: 16 Disciplines for Success