Discover the roles, responsibilities, and qualifications of a chief operating officer (COO). Learn about the types of COO and ...

Carolina Dybeck Happe, most recently the senior vice president and chief financial officer at General Electric, has been appointed Microsoft's chief operating officer (COO). This is Microsoft's first ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Author, professor and founder. Deeply curious about leadership. Although CEOs might be in the limelight, great companies don’t run ...

Chief operating officers (COOs) are important assets to every organization. This critical C-level role oversees the day-to-day administrative and operational functions of the business they serve, as ...

COOs in healthcare have seen their role gradually evolve due to the advancement of technology, a pandemic, and issues like workforce shortages. Becker’s spoke with 16 COOs from different health ...

Let me set the scene for you. You are the recently installed COO at a nanocap company engaged in a major transformation of its business. The CEO, a mentor to you and ...

It’s difficult to pin down an exact description of the COO’s role, mainly because it greatly depends on how you operate as a CEO. In fact, a study in the Harvard Business Review identifies seven types ...

The C-suite is evolving fast—and operational muscle is now the price of entry. More companies are fusing COO responsibilities into other top roles, giving CFOs, CTOs, and presidents direct control ...

Dana McNabb, who joined the Cheerios maker in 1999, will assume the job in June where she will oversee everything from global innovation to strategy and growth.

Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, and has more than three decades of experience as a business executive. He is a professor of economics and has raised more than $4.5 billion in ...