THIS WEEK'S FEATURE
How to Become a Chief Operating Officer: Paths, Pay, Steps
How to become a chief operating officer: the usual routes, years of experience, MBA odds, pay, and the jobs ten new COOs held just before.
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Features
One longer piece a week on how well-run companies work: operational excellence, customer focus, Six Sigma, lean, continuous improvement and supply chain.
Earlier features
Chief Operating Officer vs President: Who Does What
Chief operating officer vs president: who reports to whom, why firms merge the titles, and how SpaceX, Amazon, United and Goldman Sachs set them up.
6 min read
What Does a Chief Operating Officer Do? The COO Explained
What does a chief operating officer do? The daily job, the seven types of COO, how many big companies had one in 2025, and what real COOs ran.
7 min read